1995/11/01 by David L. Sackett, William Rosenberg · 1 citation
Health Professions · Decision Sciences · #Health Sciences Research and Education #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews #Primary Care and Health Outcomes
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openalex publication_date 1995/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
As physicians, whether serving individual patients or populations, we always have sought to base our decisions and actions on the best possible evidence. The ascendancy of the randomized trial heralded a fundamental shift in the way that we establish the clinical bases for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutics. The ability to track down, critically appraise (for its validity and usefulness), and incorporate this rapidly growing body of evidence into one's clinical practice has been named 'evidence-based medicine' (EBM).