The usefulness of formal outcome evaluations in health policy making: Looking for the baby in the bathwater

Evidence-based Practice in Medicine and Health Care: A Discussion of the Ethical Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 151-161

  Nord, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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EID: 33745059411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27133-3_16     Document Type: Chapter

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