On what do you rely in the absence of evidence?

On what do you rely in the absence of evidence?

Clinical decision-making requires critical thinking and is essential to forming a solid conclusion when evidence does not exist.

Consider the following question with your Learning Team:

• On what do you rely in the absence of evidence?

Submit a 260-word initial response that includes at least one related article to support your position.

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For one to come up with a final decision or conclusion about a specific case, he or she must base the argument on particular evidence. In some cases, no concrete evidence can assist settle the matter. Such cases are very critical and require intellectual mind engagement to come up with a solid conclusion (Kamerer, & Russ, 2017). This process is known as critical thinking.  To this extent, therefore, this paper seeks to discuss how one should apply critical thinking to make clinical decisions in some cases.

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