Towards evidence-based medicine in surgical practice: Best BETs

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 585-588

  Khan, Omar A ^a   Dunning, Joel ^b   Parvaiz, Amjad C ^a   Agha, Riaz ^c   Rosin, David ^d   Mackway Jones, Kevin ^e,f  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

^f MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Evidence based medicine; Levels of evidence; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 83155175304     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2011.08.001     Document Type: Editorial

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