What can philosophy tell us about Evidence-Based Medicine? An assessment of Jeremy Howick’sThe Philosophy of Evidence-based Medicine

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Published: Dec 20, 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5750/ijpcm.v1i4.137

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Alexander Bird
Faculty of Arts, Bristol University, Bristol, UK

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What can philosophy tell us about Evidence-Based Medicine? An assessment of Jeremy Howick’sThe Philosophy of Evidence-based Medicine

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Vol. 1 No. 4 (2011): December
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Person-centered care and evidence based medicine

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