Why do doctors use treatments that do not work?

Overview of attention for article published in British Medical Journal, February 2004

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policy: 1 policy source

twitter: 386 X users
facebook: 1 Facebook page

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MedicalXpress, 23 Dec 2014

"It might do me some good and it won't hurt to give it a go."

Great expectations: our naive optimism about medical care

The Conversation, 22 Dec 2014

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