Chapter 1
Is Evidence-based Medicine Still an Option?
Neville W Goodman,
Neville W Goodman
Search for more papers by this authorNeville W Goodman,
Neville W Goodman
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Martin R Tramèr,
Martin R Tramèr
Division of Anaesthesiology, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 01 January 2003
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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Patients are not all the same
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Medicine based on evidence is not EBM: the meaning of “evidence”
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Analysis of EBM: critics ignored
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A systematic review of the evidence
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The new authority of EBM
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Is EBM an option?
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Acknowledgement
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