Causation and evidence-based practice: An ontological review

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1006-1012

  Kerry, Roger ^a   Eriksen, Thor Eirik ^b   Lie, Svein Anders Noer ^c   Mumford, Stephen D ^a,d   Anjum, Rani Lill ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

causation; dispositions; evidence based practice; health science; ontology; philosophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CAUSALITY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84866679839     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01908.x     Document Type: Article

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