In pursuit of certainty: Can the systematic review process deliver?

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Saltman, Deborah ^a,b   Jackson, Debra ^a   Newton, Phillip J ^a   Davidson, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Evidence based practice; Research implementation; Research in practice; Systematic review; Translational research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84873952580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-25     Document Type: Review

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