Narrative evidence and evidence-based medicine

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 392-397

  Misak, Cheryl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence; Evidence based medicine; Narrative

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NARRATIVE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77950507787     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01407.x     Document Type: Review

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