Point: Evidence-based medicine has a sound scientific base

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1067-1071

  Karanicolas, Paul J ^a,c,f   Kunz, Regina ^b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^a,c   Tobin, Martin J ^d,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 43649088827     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0068     Document Type: Editorial

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