How surgeons make decisions: Authority and evidence

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 242, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 753-756

  Obertop, Huug ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 28244458754     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000189110.37637.6b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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