Systematic reviews, systematic error and the acquisition of clinical knowledge
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Systematic reviews, systematic error and the acquisition of clinical knowledge
BACKGROUND Since its inception, evidence-based medicine and its application through systematic reviews, has been widely accepted. However, it has also been strongly criticised and resisted by some academic groups and clinicians. One of the main criticisms of evidence-based medicine is that it appears to claim to have unique access to absolute scientific truth and thus devalues and replaces othe...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Research Methodology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1471-2288
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-53