Why do doctors use treatments that do not work?

BMJ

Volumn 328, Issue 7438, 2004, Pages 474-475

  Doust, Jenny ^a   Mar, Chris Del ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSAFETY; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 1442299033     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.474     Document Type: Editorial

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