Conceptual, Methodological, and Ethical Problems in Communicating Uncertainty in Clinical Evidence

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Medical Care Research and Review

• Publication date

  2013-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Philosophy, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1177/1077558712459361PMID 23132891PMCID PMC4238424
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