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Generations of Misplaced Confidence: A Personal View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
Abstract
A humorous look at one family's experience with the milestones of medical achievement illustrates the need for continued research on the efficacy of treatment. Skepticism about the benefits of new treatments and careful examination of even standard procedures should be encouraged within the medical profession.
- Type
- Special Section: The Quality of the Medical Evidence: Is It Good Enough?
- Information
- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , Spring 1996 , pp. 190 - 194
- Copyright
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996
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