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Ethics and epistemology of accurate prediction in clinical research
- Correspondence to Dr Spencer Phillips Hey, Studies of Translation, Ethics, and Medicine (STREAM) Research Group, Biomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1X1; spencer.hey{at}mcgill.ca
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Ethics and epistemology of accurate prediction in clinical research
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- Received October 8, 2013
- Revised May 5, 2014
- Accepted September 3, 2014
- First published September 23, 2014.
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April 27, 2016
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