Limitations of evidence-based medicine: The role of experience and expert opinion

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Wenger, Dennis R ^a,b  

^a University of California San Diego ^*  (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based medicine; evidencebased surgical decision making; expert opinion

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHOULDER SURGERY; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84865475137     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e318259f2ed     Document Type: Article

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