The problem of evidence-based medicine: Directions for social science

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1059-1069

  Mykhalovskiy, Eric ^a   Weir, Lorna ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomedicine; Doctor patient relationship; Evidence based medicine; Humanism; Political economy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ANALYSIS; BIOMEDICINE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPIRICISM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 2942614925     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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