Transferable evidence in support of reaching a consensus

Zeitschrift fur Arztliche Fortbildung und Qualitatssicherung

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-107

  Neugebauer, Edmund ^a   Wilkinson, Roseanne ^b   Kehlet, Henrik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b Choice Medical Communications   (United Kingdom)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support systems; Evidence based medicine; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047122235     PISSN: 14317621     EISSN: 16180992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zgesun.2007.01.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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