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Erschienen in: Clinical Rheumatology 6/2017

22.04.2017 | Editorial

Diagnostic uncertainty and epistemologic humility

verfasst von: Andrew Kelly, Richard S. Panush

Erschienen in: Clinical Rheumatology | Ausgabe 6/2017

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“The essence of medicine is the reduction of uncertainty.” (Baldhius, as quoted by J Claude Bennett, MD {cited in [1]}) …
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Metadaten
Titel
Diagnostic uncertainty and epistemologic humility
verfasst von
Andrew Kelly
Richard S. Panush
Publikationsdatum
22.04.2017
Verlag
Springer London
Erschienen in
Clinical Rheumatology / Ausgabe 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0770-3198
Elektronische ISSN: 1434-9949
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-017-3631-8

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