Evidence-based medicine: Toward a new definition of 'rational' medicine

Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-369

  Cronje, Ruth ^a   Fullan, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown; Evidence based medicine; Habermas; Patient welfare; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; WELFARE;

EID: 0041919441     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459303007003006     Document Type: Review

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