What the surgeon of tomorrow needs to know about evidence-based surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-323

  Maier, Ronald V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 33645096055     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.3.317     Document Type: Review

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