[Evidence-based medicine for the public].
The methods of evidence-based medicine demand high quality and up-to-date medical information. Ideally, this information is based on data from controlled clinical trials. When such external evidence is available, it provides a base for an effective patient-physician consultation, and is also essential for the consumer friendly presentation of medical information. This article sketches the international and German developments and approaches to preparing and maintaining evidence-based patient information and its influences on the models of physician-patient communication.
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Deutsches Cochrane Zentrum, Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Medizinische Informatik, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Stefen-Meier-Strasse 26, 79206 Freiburg, Germany. lang@cochrane.de
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