The paradox of evidence-based medicine. Commentary on Gupta (2003), A critical appraisal of evidence-based medicine: Some ethical considerations. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9, 111-121

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-132

  Norman, Geoff ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0038467266     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2003.00410.x     Document Type: Note

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