The importance of values in evidence-based medicine

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kelly, Michael P ^a   Heath, Iona ^b   Howick, Jeremy ^c   Greenhalgh, Trisha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Medical ethics; Values

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84940477168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-015-0063-3     Document Type: Review

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