Value judgments in the analysis and synthesis of evidence

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 521-524

  Strech, Daniel ^a   Tilburt, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Bioethics; Evidence based medicine; Systemic reviews; Transparency; Value judgments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCIENCE; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 42949178950     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.01.001     Document Type: Note

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