The power of stories over statistics

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7429, 2003, Pages 1424-1427

  Newman, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERNICTERUS; LAW; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; NARRATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0347360104     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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