Evidence-based practice: What does it really mean?

Disease Management and Health Outcomes

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 277-285

  Bennett, John W ^a,b   Glasziou, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 0000287799     PISSN: 11738790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00115677-199701060-00001     Document Type: Article

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