Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Health Care and Translational Science
Comparative effectiveness research – the conduct and synthesis of systematic research in order to compare the benefits and harms of alternative treatment options – is of critical importance in enabling informed health care decisions to be made. This user-
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Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Health Care and Translational Science
Francesco Chiappelli
Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Health Care and Translational Science
Francesco Chiappelli CHS 63-090 UCLA School of Dentistry Los Angeles California USA
ISBN 978-3-642-41856-3 ISBN 978-3-642-41857-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-41857-0 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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Foreword I
How is this foreword supposed to begin? Should I start by the man and the author or by the theme and the book? Can it be separated? How do you strip away the book from the author? In this particular case I believe it is not possible to do so because going through this book will make anyone easily to perceive it transpires the very same enthusiasm Francesco puts in everything he does. I first came to acquaintance with Francesco Chiappelli via e-mail, when he kindly contacted me interested in knowing the activities of the small evidence-based dentistry center I head at the Faculty of Dentistry in the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He was very supportive toward us and invited me to collaborate with him in diverse activi
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