Trust but verify, or once again about evidence based medicine
https://doi.org/10.14341/ket201616-10
Abstract
In everyday life doctors have to verify whether they can trust certain diagnistic procedures and treatment methods. There are different study types that vary in terms of their validity. This article reviews application of famous approach "trust but verify" to the selection of medical literature.
About the Author
Gregory A. GerasimovIodine Global Network (IGN), New-York
United States
MD, PhD, Professor
Competing Interests:
no such conflict
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For citations:
Gerasimov G.A. Trust but verify, or once again about evidence based medicine. Clinical and experimental thyroidology. 2016;12(1):6-10. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14341/ket201616-10
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