Medical futility in the era of evidence-based medicine

• 作 者: Zhengyu jiang Lu Yang Pinhao G
• 机 构: CompanyTwelve,DepartmentofForeignLanguages
• 出 处: 生物医学研究杂志：英文版
• 发表日期: 2014年4期
• 关键词: 摘要 编辑部 编辑工作 读者
• 基金项目: This paper was presented on the Fifth English Forum on Medical Humanities held at the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, on 9 November 2013.

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