Challenging the epistemological foundations of EBM: What kind of knowledge does clinical practice require?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 984-991

  Hutchison, Katrina J ^a   Rogers, Wendy A ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical decision making; clinical knowledge; epistemology; evidence based guidelines; evidence based medicine; patient choice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RELIABILITY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866714690     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01905.x     Document Type: Article

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