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Many claims about the effects of treatments, though well intentioned, are wrong. Indeed, they are sometimes deliberately misleading to serve interests other than the well-being of patients and the public. People need to know how to spot unreliable treatment claims so that they can protect themselves and others from harm. The ability to assess the trustworthiness of treatment claims is often lacking. Acquiring this ability depends on being familiar with, and correctly applying, some key concep...
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- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1136/ebmed-2017-110829
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- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 29-33
- Publication date:
- 2018-01-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-12-08
- DOI:
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2515-4478
- Pubs id:
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pubs:822198
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uri:2cf1d060-6df3-4f19-b16e-8b8c797b3f2e
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- 2018
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Key Concepts for Informed Health Choices: a framework for helping people learn how to assess treatment claims and make informed choices.
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