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Analogies between reading of medical and religious texts
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- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38966.487350.68
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Analogies between reading of medical and religious texts
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Abstract
Whether you take a fundamental or liberal view of scientific evidence will affect how you interpret it. But just as with religion, we need to admit there will be legitimate differences in our views
Conflict of interest statement
Competing interests: ML has accepted travel grants to attend conferences from AstraZeneca, Aventis, Eli-Lilly, Pierre Fabre, and Sanofi-Synthelabo. He has research funding and has worked as a consultant for Eli-Lilly. He is involved in a funding application for research on peritonectomy.
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