Evidence-Based Approach to Medicine Improves Patient Care
This article was written by Eric Seaborg.
NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.
Interviews:
Mark Ebell, M.D., M.S., Deputy Editor, American Family Physician, Associate Professor, Michigan State University, Email contact Dec. 9–17, 2004.
Robert Flaherty, family physician with Student Health Service and WWAMI Medical Program, Montana State Univeristy-Bozeman and clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington. Telephone interview (by Eric Seaborg) 12/14/04.
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