Ethical and epistemological problems when applying evidence-based medicine to pain management

Pain Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 298-302

  Cahana, Alex ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Epistemology; Ethics; Evidence based medicine; Interventional pain; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 29144434100     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2005.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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