Rhetoric and argumentation: How clinical practice guidelines think

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 433-441

  Fuller, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

argumentation; clinical practice guidelines; elderly; generalization; logic; rhetoric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AGED; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878326227     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12037     Document Type: Article

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