| LC control no. | n 78084882 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sackett, David L. |
| Birth date | 1934-11-17 |
| Death date | 2015-05-13 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Markdale (Ont.) |
| Field of activity | Clinical epidemiology Biometry Evidence-based medicine |
| Affiliation | University of Oxford McMaster University. Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics McMaster University. Department of Medicine |
| Profession or occupation | Physicians Medical teaching personnel College teachers |
| Found in | Compliance with therapeutic regimens, 1976. Coronary risks. [Videorecording] 1973. Clinical epidemiology, c1991: t.p. (David L. Sackett, M.D., M.Sc., prof. of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, and medicine, McMaster Univ. Faculty of Health Sciences; attending physician, Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Hamilton, Ont.) 678 field information, May 20, 2015 (M.D.; M.Sc.; prof., Dept. of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Dept. of Medicine, McMaster Univ.) New York times (online), viewed May 20, 2015 (in obituary published May 19: Dr. David Sackett; b. Nov. 17, 1934, Chicago; adopted the middle name Lawrence when he was baptized as an adolescent; d. Wednesday [May 13, 2015], Markdale, Ont., aged 80; his clinical trials proved the value of taking aspirin in preventing heart attacks and strokes; helped pioneer the use of statistical data in treating patients; known for helping to develop evidence-based medicine) |
| Associated language | eng |
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