>Could someone give me a siple definition for "evidence based medecine"?
>I'm not familiar with that term
>
>Thanks!
Sackett et al (1996) in BMJ, 312:71-2 define evidence based medicine (or
evidence based practice which is preferable if we want to include all
health services) "...is the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of
current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual
patients."
The Centre for Evidence Based Medicine is at http://cebm.jr2.ox.ac.uk/
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