title: The rules of evidence-based medicine: can they be generalized to improve GI surgical practice?
abstract: Evidence-based surgical practice (EBSP) must be integrated into the educational curriculum for all surgeons. Independent of the compelling need for best practice, there are at least three compelling drivers: the exploding cost of health care demands evidence-based practice, patient safety is best supported by best evidence, and the medico-legal environment uses EBSP to pursue its goals.
authors: Nuffield Department of Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. jonathan.meakins@nds.ox.ac.uk
authors: Jonathan L
authors: JL
authors: Meakins
mesh_terms: D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans