Evidence-Based Medicine and Quality of Care

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Health Care Analysis 10 (3):243-259 (2002)
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In this paper we set out to examine thearguments for and against the claim thatEvidence-Based Medicine (EBM) will improve thequality of care. In particular, we examine thefollowing issues

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10.1023/a:1022995623172

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Donna Dickenson
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Is efficiency ethical? Resource issues in health care.Donna Dickenson - 1995 - In Brenda Almond (ed.), Introducing Applied Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell. pp. 229-246.

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