Where science fails prosthodontics

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 378-381

  MacEntee, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMANISM; HUMANITIES; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIENCE; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANISM; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; NARRATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PHILOSOPHY, DENTAL; PROSTHODONTICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SCIENCE;

EID: 34547623027     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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