'We hold these truths to be self-evident': Deconstructing 'evidence-based' medical practice

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 950-954

  Devisch, Ignaas ^a   Murray, Stuart J ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critique; Deconstruction; Evidence; Evidence Based Medicine (EBM); Jacques Derrida

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHORT SURVEY;

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 73549084071     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01232.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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