Evidence under judgment: can we oversee our own decision making?

Marya D Zilberberg

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Evidence under judgment: can we oversee our own decision making?

September 21, 2011

Zilberberg MD. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(16).

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This commentary suggests that combining evidence-driven rules and clinician judgment is necessary to improve patient outcomes.

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