Gordon Guyattとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Gordon Henry Guyatt (born 1953) is a physician and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He is known for his work on evidence-based medicine, a term that first appeared in a paper he published. He has published over 450 peer-reviewed articles in medical journals. He has also written extensively on health care policy in the popular press. His contribution to quality of life research, randomized trials and meta-analysis have been considered groundbreaking. In 2007, the BMJ launched an international election for the most important contributions to healthcare. Evidence-based medicine came 7th in the line-up, beating the computer. Dr. Guyatt is the co-editor of the Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature, a comprehensive set of journal articles and textbook for clinicians that wish to incorporate Evidence-based medicine into their practices.