Evidence-Based Medicine or Cookbook Medicine? Addressing Concerns over the Standardization of Care

Sociology Compass

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 823-836

  Knaapen, Loes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84902576627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12184     Document Type: Article

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