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The Rational Clinical Examination
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The Rational Clinical Examination
Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis
Editors
David L. Simel, MD, MHS
Chief, Medicine Service
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina
Drummond Rennie, MD
JAMA
Chicago, Illinois
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Editor, Education Guides
Sheri A. Keitz, MD, PhD
Chief, Medicine Service
Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Associate Dean for Faculty Diversity and Development
Univers