Journal article
Another View on Overviews-Reply
Abstract
In Reply. —We agree that an overview should be motivated by and rooted in an understanding of the clinical problem and the underlying biology. However, an overview is not a review of the "overviews," as Dr McBride suggests—it is a review of relevant primary research. Overviews, like any other journal article, can be used as a platform for "editorializing" whether or not they are comprehensive. "Completely reviewing the subject area" often means …
Authors
Oxman AD; Cook DJ; Guyatt GH
Journal
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 274, No. 3, pp. 218–218
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
July 19, 1995
DOI
10.1001/jama.1995.03530030037029
ISSN
0098-7484