Q J Med 2002; 95: 197-198
© 2002 Association of Physicians
Editorial |
Case reports, case series and systematic reviews
Large numbers of reports of single cases and case series drop through the letterbox of the QJM's editorial office. A glance back through the journal's archive shows why. We have carried on publishing these sorts of descriptive studies long after the editors of journals that picked up the torch for evidence-based medicine fell out of love with them.
According to the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, the randomized controlled trial is top of the hierarchy of
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