Taking stock of evidence-based medicine: Opportunities for its continuing evolution

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 399-404

  Buetow, Stephen ^a   Upshur, Ross ^b   Miles, Andrew ^c   Loughlin, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Evidence; Evidence based medicine; Patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERIODICALS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744467154     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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