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Research: VANDENBROUCKE and DE C
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Abstract
VANDENBROUCKE and DE CRAEN, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Building 1, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands, vdbroucke@mail.medfac.leidenuniv.nl, review (31 references) evidence for a substantial subjective element in the way physicians frequently evaluate scientific theories and facts, and discuss whether rational medical science is compatible with physicians' behaviour.
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Vandenbroucke JP, de Craen AJ. Alternative medicine: a 'mirror image' for scientific reasoning in conventional medicine. Annals of Internal Medicine 135 (7): 507-13. Oct 2001.