Putting evidence into practice Revised levels of evidence help to find the best evidence, in real time

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7803, 2011, Pages

  Dawes, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); HUMAN;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 79955405219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2072     Document Type: Editorial

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