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. 1994 Feb;44(379):83-5.

READER: an acronym to aid critical reading by general practitioners

D MacAuley  1
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READER: an acronym to aid critical reading by general practitioners

D MacAuley. Br J Gen Pract. 1994 Feb.

Abstract

READER represents a sequence of steps in the assessment of general practice literature. An article may be judged on the first four steps: r for relevance, e for education, a for applicability, d for discrimination. The next step, e, involves the evaluation of the article using a scoring system. Finally the reader decides what to do with the article, as illustrated by r for reaction.

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