Does evidence-based hearsay determine the use of medical treatments?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue , 2017, Pages 256-258

  Ioannidis, John P A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Evidence based hearsay; Evidence based medicine; Medical decision making; Observational trials; Pharmaceutical treatments; Placebo responding; Randomized trials

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED HEARSAY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL NETWORK; DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 85012879423     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.02.004     Document Type: Note

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