There has been an accumulation of qualitative studies in recent years, but little cumulation of
the understandings gained from them. Qualitative research appears endangered both by …

These concepts and principles were brought to a large professional readership by a well
orchestrated" publication spree" by the main EBM authors with more general introductory …

Systematic reviews can help practitioners keep abreast of the medical literature by
summarizing large bodies of evidence and helping to explain differences among studies on …

The proposed practice of “evidence-based medicine,” which calls for careful clinical
judgment in evaluating the “best available evidence,” should be differentiated from the …

Systematic reviews are becoming prominent tools to guide health care decisions. As the
number of published systematic reviews increases, it is common to find more than 1 …

OBJECTIVES: To describe preliminary work undertaken for development of a nursing
contribution to the Cochrane Collaboration. To ascertain whether there are randomised …

Frank Davidoff, MD ing experiences designed specifically to produce clinicians whose skills
reflect current best knowledge and practice. But despite a good deal of lip service from …

Ask what was Bradford Hill's most important specific contribution to knowledge and the
answer must surely be his research with Richard Doll on the relation between tobacco and …

Meta-analyses as currently practiced are usually retrospective. They can be made more
rigorous by developing a protocol that incorporates prospectively the elements that are …

There has been a move in many traditional medical schools to make the transition to a PBL
curriculum. Much effort has centred on developing PBL strategies for use in the early years …