title: Evidence-based medicine as a tool.
abstract: Clinicians need current best evidence to help them treat their patients optimally. It is impossible for them to read all the relevant clinical literature and their reading time decreases after completion of medical school. The practice of evidence-based medicine helps clinicians meet these challenges.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Straus
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods*