The practice of clinical medicine as an art and as a science

Medical Humanities

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-22

  Saunders, J ^a  

^a NEVILL HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art of medicine; Empiricism; Evidence based medicine; Medical science; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICISM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENCE;

EID: 0034493155     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mh.26.1.18     Document Type: Article

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