Evidence-based medicine and its role in ethical decision-making

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 306-311

  Borry, Pascal ^a   Schotsmans, Paul ^a   Dierickx, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bias; Evidence based medicine; Medical ethics; Meta ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33744482022     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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