On evidence, embellishment and efficacy

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-122

  Morgan, W K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment criteria; Efficacy; Embellishment; Evidence based medicine; Objectivity; Truth

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIENCE;

EID: 0031109963     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.1997.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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