Framing the EBM debate: A commentary on Saad (2008)

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 653-655

  Loughlin, Michael ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SCIENCE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 55349142170     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.00947.x     Document Type: Note

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