From mummified guidelines to living evidence-based medicine: three essential tools

On a tour of the WHO headquarters in Geneva, I wandered past a vast cellar of shrink-wrapped, unused and unread guidelines. These guidelines were rapidly passing, or already past, their “use by” date given that around 7% of clinical “facts” become outdated each year [1]. Although glossy journals, 50...

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Published in:Malaysian Family Physician
Main Author: Glasziou P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia 2013-10-01
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Online Access:http://www.e-mfp.org/2013v8n2/EBM-three-essential-tools.pdf