Evidence-based medicine. the good the bad and the ugly. A clinicians perspective

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 398-400

  Wilson, Kumanan ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical medicine; Evidence based medicine; Fraud; Random error; Subgroup analyses

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL THINKING; DRUG FATALITY; EMPOWERMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; SHORT SURVEY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 77950510110     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01408.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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