Formal and informal fallacies in anaesthesia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 639-646

  Gibbs, N M ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Fallacies; Formal; Informal; Logic based errors in anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; VALIDITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; LOGIC; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LOGIC; MEDICAL ERRORS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77956622167     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1003800405     Document Type: Article

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