The Clinical Inadequacy of Evidence-Based Medicine and the Need for a Conceptual Framework Based on Clinical Judgment
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- Authors
- Fava, G. A., Guidi, J., Rafanelli, C., & Sonino, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Bologna (IT)
- University of Padua (IT)
- Venue
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Published
- 2014-12-24
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-3
- ISSN
- 0033-3190 (ISSN-L)
- 1423-0348
- OpenAlex
- W2162699710
- Cited by
- 62
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
- Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
- INFM-OAR (INFN Catania) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (other-oa)
- Funders
- Compagnia di San Paolo
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Family Practice › Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- evidence-based medicine, clinical judgment, conceptual framework, clinical decision-making, critique of evidence-based medicine
- MeSH terms
- Decision Making, Humans, Judgment, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Evidence-Based Medicine
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