Practice guidelines: Belief, criticism, and probability

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-17

  Powers, John H ^a  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CRITICAL THINKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AUTHORSHIP; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 78651284513     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.453     Document Type: Note

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