On the need for evidence-based medicine

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 330-334

  Sackett, David L ^a,b   Rosenberg, William M C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKILL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH;

EID: 0029165962     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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