Orthopaedic surgeons: Artists or scientists?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1264-1273

  Schemitsch, Emil H ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   McKee, Michael D ^a   Zdero, Rad ^c   Tornetta III, Paul ^d   McGehee, J Bartley ^e   Hawkins, Richard J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Williamson County Medical Center   (United States)

^f Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SURGEON;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; ORTHOPEDICS; PUBLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350077628     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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