The road to health care
BMJPublished 1 July 2004Open access
Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Jeffrey K Aronson
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Balancing benefits and harms of interventions is essential and balance is essential for the sustained support of existing and new treatments.
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The road to health care
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Health Professions
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