Evidence-based medicine in times of crisis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Supportive Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
² Department of Hematology, Evidence-Based Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada. Electronic address: guyatt@mcmaster.ca.

Editorial

Benjamin Djulbegovic et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct:126:164-166.

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.07.002. Epub 2020 Jul 10.

¹ Department of Supportive Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
² Department of Hematology, Evidence-Based Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada. Electronic address: guyatt@mcmaster.ca.

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Comment in

"NEVER LET A CRISIS GO TO WASTE": HOW SCIENCE HAS RESPONDED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
Tugwell P, Tovey D, Cuella-Garcia CA. Tugwell P, et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Mar;131:A5-A6. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.02.001. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021. PMID: 33741124 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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