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...country health care providers lack computers with Internet connections, are not adequately trained obtain information through the Internet, or do not have access to other medical databases. (1) In addition, much published research is of poor quality, (2) some is unimportant, (3) and some is fraudulent. (4) Identifying worthy medical research is an important but challenging task, since many readers lack the necessary skills to analyze technical reports.
The inability to identify sound medical research leads to continued use of inappropriate or poor practices and failure to adopt useful practices in a timely manner. For example, 13 years passed between emergence...
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