Non-linearity in clinical practice

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-178

  Petros, Peter ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Art of medicine; Clinical validity; Evidence based medicine; Iatrogenic disease; Non linearity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAUSALITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTUITION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OBSERVATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEACHING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0038805200     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2003.00344.x     Document Type: Review

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