Evidence-Free Medicine: Forgoing evidence in clinical decision making

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 319-331

  Tonelli, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; LOGIC;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOGIC;

EID: 67650681089     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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