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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Gesundheitswesen 2024; 86(S 04): S237-S238
DOI: 10.1055/a-2356-2053
Editorial

Health Care Research & Implementation

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Wolfgang Hoffmann
1   Institut für Community Medicine, Abt. Versorgungsepidemiologie und Community Health, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
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Martin Härter
2   University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Director – Department of Medical Psychology and Institute for Psychotherapy
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Dear ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, dear readers,

What is evidence? Evidence conveys to us an objective fact, one bit of reality – it opens for us a window through which we can see a glimpse of the truth concerning a specific question. So evidence is a measure against inaccuracy, misconception, error, bias – at its best it defeats subjectivity, alternative facts, manipulation, vested interests, and lies. Evidence helps us to not readily accept authoritative statements, eminent colleagues‘ opinions, common beliefs, and, generally, things at face value.



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15 August 2024

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