JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 349-354 , July 2007

Fallacious Reasoning and Complexity as Root Causes of Clinical Inertia

  • Richard W. Miles, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Richard W. Miles, MD, 600 Memorial Drive, Bella Vista, AR 72714.

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PII: S1525-8610(07)00255-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.05.003

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 349-354 , July 2007

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