Archibald Cochrane (1909-1988): The father of evidence-based medicine

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-124

  Stavrou, Antonio ^a   Challoumas, Dimitrios ^a   Dimitrakakis, Georgios ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archibald Cochrane; Cochrane collaboration; Evidence based medicine

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTORY; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84891359117     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt451     Document Type: Article

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