The role of evidence-based medicine in neurosurgery

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-378

  Bandopadhayay, Prateek ^a   Goldschlager, Tony ^a   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Evidence based medicine; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROSURGERY; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIETY; SURGEON;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY;

EID: 39649095612     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.014     Document Type: Review

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