Evidence-based medicine and epistemological imperialism: Narrowing the divide between evidence and illness

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 868-872

  Crowther, Helen ^a,b   Lipworth, Wendy ^b,c   Kerridge, Ian ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

culture; disease taxonomy; evidence based medicine; medical epistemology; medical ontology

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD135 ANTIGEN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TAXONOMY; THERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 80053187712     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01723.x     Document Type: Article

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