Invited article. Evidence based care of eating disorders: Beware the glitter of the randomised controlled trial

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-95

  Treasure, Janet ^a   Kordy, Hans ^b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Forschungsstelle fur Psychotherapie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031832938     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0968(199806)6:2<85::AID-ERV240>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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