Key concepts that people need to understand to assess claims about treatment effects

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 112-125

  Austvoll Dahlgren, Astrid ^a   Oxman, Andrew D ^a   Chalmers, Iain ^b   Nsangi, Allen ^c   Glenton, Claire ^a   Lewin, Simon ^a,d   Morelli, Angela ^a   Rosenbaum, Sarah ^a   Semakula, Daniel ^c   Sewankambo, Nelson ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b James Lind Initiative   (United Kingdom)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Health literacy; User involvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHER; TEACHING; PATIENT EDUCATION; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941882504     PISSN: 17565383     EISSN: 17565391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jebm.12160     Document Type: Article

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