Clinical Thinking: Evidence, Communication and Decision-Making

Clinical Thinking: Evidence, Communication and Decision-Making

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-127

  Del Mar, Chris ^a   Doust, Jenny ^b   Glasziou, Paul ^c  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84889304145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470750568     Document Type: Book

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