• BMJ · Jul 1997

    How to read a paper. Getting your bearings (deciding what the paper is about).

    "It usually comes as a surprise to students to learn that some (perhaps most) published articles belong in the bin, and should certainly not be used to inform practice." – Greenhalgh.

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    • T Greenhalgh.
    • Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London Medical School/Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Whittington Hospital, London. p.greenhalgh@ucl.ac.uk
    • BMJ. 1997 Jul 26; 315 (7102): 243246243-6.

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    This article appears in the collection: Drowning in the Sea of Evidence.

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    "It usually comes as a surprise to students to learn that some (perhaps most) published articles belong in the bin, and should certainly not be used to inform practice." – Greenhalgh.

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