Using anecdotal information in evidence-based health care: Heresy or necessity?

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 963-966

  Enkin, M W ^a   Jadad, A R ^a,b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anecdotes; Bias; Cognition; Communication; Data interpretation; Decision making; Education; Evidence based medicine; Media; Preferences

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANECDOTES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 0031790913     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008495101125     Document Type: Review

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