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Pragmatic approach is effective in evidence based health care
BMJ 2000; 321 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7260.566/a (Published 02 September 2000) Cite this as: BMJ 2000;321:566
- John Clarke, librarian,
- Reinhard Wentz, trial search coordinator, Cochrane Injuries Group (r.wentz@ich.ucl.ac.uk)
EDITOR—We agree with Guyatt et al that providing evidence based answers to clinical questions requires intensive study and application if the process is seen in the context of a systematic review of the original literature.1 The main stumbling block remains the difficulty of constructing complex searches appropriate for a range of potential sources.
We suggest that many typical clinical questions can be answered by using a …
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