PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mansoor, Ibrahim
TI  - Evidence-Based Medicine
DP  - 2001 Jun 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 481--485
VI  - 22
IP  - 6
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/22/6/481.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/22/6/481.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2001 Jun 01; 22
AB  - Evidence-based medicine is one of the recently born explosively growing important issues, whose philosophical origins extend back to mid-19th century and remains a hot topic for clinicians, public health practioners, purchasers, planners, and the public. Evidence-based health care has extended the application of the prinicples of evidence-based medicine to all professions associated with health care, including purchasing and management. So it is important for the up and coming young doctors and clinicians, and even other health care professions, to gain knowledge of critical appraisal and experience in the practice of evidence-based health care. This article gives a brief description of what evidence-based medicine is and how to practice evidence-based medicine and enlists some useful Internet sites that can provide assistance in understanding the subject in even greater detail.