Developing good clinical questions and finding the best evidence to answer those questions

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 613-618

  Burns, Patricia B ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955405512     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181de24a7     Document Type: Article

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