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From Authority- to Evidence-Based Medicine: Are Clinical Practice Guidelines Moving us Forward or Backward?

Michael LeFevre
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2017, 15 (5) 410-412; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2141
Michael LeFevre
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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vol. 15 no. 5 410-412
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2141
PubMed 
28893809

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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
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1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication July 4, 2017
  • Revision received July 19, 2017
  • Accepted for publication July 20, 2017
  • Published online September 11, 2017.

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  1. Michael LeFevre, MD, MSPH⇑
  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Michael LeFevre, MD, MSPH, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, lefevrem{at}health.missouri.edu

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