The social and cultural shaping of medical evidence: Case studies from pharmaceutical research and obstetric science

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2694-2706

  De Vries, Raymond ^a   Lemmens, Trudo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Midwifery; Obstetrics; Pharmaceutical research; Sociology of science; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; DRUG; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL STATUS;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRIC CARE; SCIENTIST; SOCIOLOGY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CULTURE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRICS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748702053     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.026     Document Type: Article

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