Swept away and squashed between myth based medicine and eminence based medicine. Metaphor of medical meta-cognition. What are we doing wrong with our patient?;Travolti da un insolito destino e compressi tra Myth Based Medicine e Eminence Based Medicine. Metafora della meta-cognizione medica, ovvero: Cosa stiamo sbagliando con il nostro paziente?

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 545-553

  Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a   Rastelli, Gianni ^b   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Azienda USL di Parma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fructose; Garlic; Iodinated contrast media; Laboratory tests; Myths; Obesity; Water

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FRUCTOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OPIATE; SUCROSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD ALLERGY; GARLIC; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LITERATURE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHELLFISH;

COGNITION; CULTURE; DIET FADS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84887586142     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: 20381840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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