An invitational conference led by the World Organization of Family Doctors (Wonca)
involving selected delegates from 34 countries was held in Kingston, Ontario, Canada …

ContextWhen clinicians assess the validity of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), they
commonly evaluate the blinding status of individuals in the RCT. The terminology authors …

Mr Jones grudgingly pockets the prescription, but at the door he makes a last comment. He
would be grateful to know what evidence there is for the general practitioner's advice to …

To encourage high-quality patient care guided by the best evidence, many medical schools
and residencies are teaching techniques for critically evaluating the medical literature. While …

Em 2003, a Organização Mundial de Colégios Nacionais, Academias e Associações
Acadêmicas de Médicos gerais/Médicos de Família (WONCA) propôs um conceito …

Diagnostic error comprising missed, wrong or delayed diagnoses (Box 1) affects between
8% and 15% of all hospital admissions in the United States, 1, 2 with similar rates among …

The family physician is the physician generalist who takes professional responsibility for the
comprehensive care of unselected patients with undifferentiated problems and who is …

EVIDENCE AND PRIMARY CARE answer questions that arise in general practice, where
the core intervention is the management of the person and their problems, and not the …

Presenting a cornucopia of topics seldom seen in a single resource, Foundations of
Evidence-Based Medicine explores the principles of formal logic as applied to clinical …

A prevenção é consensualmente defendida, especialmente para as doenças crônicas não
transmissíveis. Porém, dada a proliferação de tecnologias preventivas, não parece …