ArticleCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2000
Evidence-based medicine: a commentary on common criticisms.
Article in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The Emperor's New Clothes: a Critical Appraisal of Evidence-based Medicine.International journal of medical sciences · 2018Review
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Abstract
Discussions about evidence-based medicine engender both negative and positive reactions from clinicians and academics. Ways to achieve evidence-based practice are reviewed here and the most common criticisms described. The latter can be classified as "limitations universal to the practice of medicine," "limitations unique to evidence-based medicine" and "misperceptions of evidence-based medicine." Potential solutions to the true limitations of evidence-based medicine are discussed and areas for future work highlighted.
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