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J Med Ethics 2009;35:51-52 doi:10.1136/jme.2008.025882
  • Ethics

An interaction of medical and statistical ethics

  1. D J Finney
  1. David J Finney, University of Edinburgh, 13 Oswald Court, South Oswald Road, Edinburgh EH9 2HY, UK; David.Finney{at}freeuk.com
  • Received 13 May 2008
  • Accepted 16 May 2008

Abstract

It is argued that the practice of omitting outliers when calibrating thromboplastin time, as recommended by the World Health Organization, should not continue unless it can be justified statistically and that possible harmful effects of omitting such data should be investigated.

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  • Competing interests: None declared.

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