Towards scientific medicine: An information-age outlook

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 771-774

  Miettinen, Olli S ^a,b   Bachmann, Lucas M ^c   Steurer, Johann ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BENCHMARKING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAUSALITY; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SCIENCE;

EID: 55349124987     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01078.x     Document Type: Review

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