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The ethical problem of false positives: a prospective evaluation of physician reporting in the medical record
- Correspondence to: Dr J W Peabody, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, c/o Institute for Global Health, University of California, San Francisco, 74 New Montgomery St, Ste 508, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA; peabody{at}psg.ucsf.edu
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The ethical problem of false positives: a prospective evaluation of physician reporting in the medical record
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- Accepted March 11, 2002
- Revised February 12, 2002
- First published October 1, 2002.
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October 01, 2002
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Copyright 2002 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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