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Comment
. 2004 Jan 10;328(7431):106.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7431.106-b.

Is the NHS getting better or worse? Better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong

David Kernick
Comment

Is the NHS getting better or worse? Better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong

David Kernick. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Comment on

  • Is the NHS getting better or worse?
    Smith R. Smith R. BMJ. 2003 Nov 29;327(7426):1239-41. doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1239. BMJ. 2003. PMID: 14644936 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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