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Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?
BMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7482.92 (Published 06 January 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:92
Use wisely
- Benjamin Druss, Rosalynn Carter chair in mental health (bdruss@emory.edu)
- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
EDITOR—The term “evidence based medicine” entered the scientific lexicon only a little more than a decade ago.1 What caused its remarkable spread, and what are the implications of its broad and rapid diffusion?
The team that coined the term at first considered using the phrase “scientific medicine” but rejected it because it implied that other approaches were …
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