From practice to research: The case for criticism in an age of evidence

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1539-1545

  Berkwits, Michael ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical studies; Criticism; Decision making; Evidence; Evidence based medicine; Social values

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0032213513     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00232-9     Document Type: Article

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