Intended for healthcare professionals

Letters

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
  1. John Clarke, librarian,
  2. Reinhard Wentz, trial search coordinator, Cochrane Injuries Group (r.wentz@ich.ucl.ac.uk)
  1. Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH

    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 …

    View Full Text

    Log in

    Log in through your institution

    Subscribe

    * For online subscription

    Pragmatic approach is effective in evidence based health care BMJ 2000; 321 :566 doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7260.566/a

    Help

    If you are unable to import citations, please contact technical support for your product directly (links go to external sites):

  • Forward this page

    Thank you for your interest in spreading the word about The BMJ.

    NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

    CAPTCHA

    This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

    Topics

    This week's poll