Assessing clinical discoveries

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-5

  McWhinney, Ian R ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical discovery; Empirical research; Family practice; Incidental findings; Research techniques

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; WRITING;

EID: 38349166143     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.801     Document Type: Editorial

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