Unitas, Libertas, Caritas: The meaning of science for general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-374

  De Melker, Ruut A ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCIENCE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; SCIENCE;

EID: 0031712225     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/15.4.369     Document Type: Review

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