What is the enemy in CME, conflicts of interest or bias?

JAMA

Volumn 310, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1019-1020

  Lo, Bernard ^a   Ott, Chelsea ^a  

^a Greenwall Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNAL BIAS; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECERTIFICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84883728487     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.221227     Document Type: Short Survey

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