How Can Veterinarians Base Their Medical Decisions on the Best Available Scientific Evidence?

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Vandeweerd, Jean Michel ^a   Clegg, Peter ^b   Buczinski, Sébastien ^c  

^a University of Namur   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic research; Decision making; Education; Evidence based medicine; Scientific evidence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEAT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; STANDARD; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEAT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84857429106     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2011.12.001     Document Type: Review

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