- Andy Pasternak, family physician Reno
- Nevada, United States

Eds Domhnall MacAuley, Thomas Best
BMJ Books, £50, pp 578
ISBN 0 7279 1584 3
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Evidence based medicine (EBM) is a term that often gets bandied about these days. At a recent evening lecture, the featured speaker droned on about how he was a firm believer in EBM. It turned out, however, that the speaker's presentation didn't follow the EBM guidelines described by Sackett and colleagues (BMJ 1996;312:71-72). This particular doctor must have felt that just using the term “EBM” gave him credibility. A few …
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