The epistemology of evidence-based medicine

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-151

  Michel, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioethics; EBM; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Evidence based medicine; Innovation

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; EPISTEMOLOGY; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; LEARNING; LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGEON; BIOETHICS; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BIOETHICS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33846294012     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-0905-7     Document Type: Editorial

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