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* EBM applies to groups of people but this does not preclude clinicians from using their personal experience in deciding how to treat each patient.

One author advises that " the knowledge gained from clinical research does not directly answer the primary clinical question of what is best for the patient at hand " and suggests that evidence-based medicine should not discount the value of clinical experience.

Another author stated that " the practice of evidence-based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research ".