The search for substance: A quest for the identity-conditions of evidence-based medicine and some comments on Djulbegovic, B., Guyatt, G. H. & Ashcroft, R. E. (2009) Cancer Control, 16, 158-168

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 910-914

  Loughlin, Michael ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTELLECT; NOTE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 73549111118     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01317.x     Document Type: Note

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