Iconoclast or creed? - Objectivism, pragmatism, and the hierarchy of evidence

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-187

  Goldenberg, Maya J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; ARTICLE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE;

EID: 67650678629     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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