Caution required when relying on a colleague's advice; a comparison between professional advice and evidence from the literature
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Caution required when relying on a colleague's advice; a comparison between professional advice and evidence from the literature
BACKGROUND Occupational Physicians rely especially on advice from colleagues when answering their information demands. On the other hand, Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) promotes the use of up-to-date research literature instead of experts. To find out if there was a difference between expert-based practice and EBM we compared professional advice on occupational health topics with best evidence f...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-59