The dangers of dogma in medicine

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 372-373

  Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84856396597     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10866     Document Type: Editorial

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