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Evidence and information: the challenges for Medicine in the next decade

This paper addresses the explosion of information and the advances in medicine that have contributed to the rise of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) which has been changing medical practice towards the constant use of current scientific evidence in the clinical decision-making. EBM can also expand the role of the information professional beyond information search, allowing his/her involvement in the selection and critical evaluation of the literature, according to the clinical librarianship model where the librarian is considered an integral part of multidisciplinary health teams.

Evidence-based Medicine; Clinical Librarianship; Librarian Education


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