The complex, the exhausted and the personal: Reflections on the relationship between evidence-based medicine and casuistry. Commentary on Tonelli (2006), Integrating evidence into clinical practice: An alternative to evidence-based approaches. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 12, 248-256

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-288

  Upshur, Ross E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASUISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONCEPT FORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 33744474292     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00576.x     Document Type: Note

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