Res Ipsa loquitur: "The thing speaks for itself": So why isn't evidence enough for enactment?

Family and Community Health

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Resnick, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Evidence; Policy; Science

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349018317     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.FCH.0000304013.82760.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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