Evidence, through the looking glass. Commentary on Devisch and Murray (2009) '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 955-956

  Tonelli, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 73549125250     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01244.x     Document Type: Note

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