Introduction all medical treatments have potential harms as well as benefits, and it is vital
that everyone has a good understanding of what these might be, how dramatic they might be …

For practical and theoretical reasons, says Michel Accad, evidence based medicine is
flawed and leads to standardised rather than excellent individualised care, but Darrel …

Patient care and outcomes could be significantly improved if the knowledge gained from
health research was better translated into practice. This is the message from studies …

Over the past several decades, we devoted much energy to generating, reviewing and
summarizing evidence. We have given far less attention to the issue of how to thoughtfully …

Determining if a particular treatment improves important clinical outcomes such as
symptoms, overall quality of life, incidence of CVD, mortality, among others typically requires …

This book will help you to understand and appraise clinical research articles and guidelines
and assess how they should influence your practice. Assuming no prior knowledge, Clinical …

E24 CMAJ| JANUARY 13, 2020| VOLUME 192| ISSUE 2 scenario could lead to early
adoption of an intervention that may expose patients to harm. A better option would have …

It'sa challenge to give an account of the 'history'of something that I have been a part of in
recent decades. If I write about something that took place 25 years ago, is that historical …

Nowadays few would argue against the need to base clinical decisions on the best available
evidence. In practice, however, clinicians face serious challenges when they seek such …

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