Evidence-based pain medicine: Inconvenient truths

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2049-2050

  Carr, Daniel B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PAIN; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SACROILIAC PAIN; STUDY DESIGN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PAIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85042216222     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnx252     Document Type: Editorial

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