Problems in the 'evidence' of 'evidence-based medicine'

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 529-535

  Feinstein, Alvan R ^a   Horwitz, Ralph I ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031472453     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)00244-1     Document Type: Article

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