The compass, crow’s nest and ship of medicine in the sea of uncertainties

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  • Álvaro Nagib Atallah

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Álvaro Nagib Atallah

Physician. Full professor and head of the Discipline of Emergency Medicine and Evidence-Based Medicine of Universidade Federal de São Paulo — Escola Paulista de Medicina (Unifesp-EPM). Director of the Brazilian Cochrane Center and Scientific Director of Associação Paulista de Medicina (APM).

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2009-01-01

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Atallah Álvaro N. The compass, crow’s nest and ship of medicine in the sea of uncertainties. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 2009 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Mar. 12];127(1):3-4. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/1849

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Vol. 127 No. 1 (2009)

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