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Review
. 2006 Nov 18;333(7577):1068-70.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.38966.487350.68.

Analogies between reading of medical and religious texts

Matthew Links  1
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Review

Analogies between reading of medical and religious texts

Matthew Links. BMJ. .

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

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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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