Myths in medicine: How did we get here?

Anahita Dehmoobad Sharifabadi¹, Chantalle Clarkin², Asif Doja^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Anahita Dehmoobad Sharifabadi et al. Med Educ. 2020 Jan.

. 2020 Jan;54(1):13-14.

doi: 10.1111/medu.14024.

Anahita Dehmoobad Sharifabadi¹, Chantalle Clarkin², Asif Doja^{1

3}

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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