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The role of prognosis in clinical decision making

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  1. Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill

    Nicholas A. Christakis MD, PhD, MPH

  2. Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 6098, 60637, Chicago, IL

    Nicholas A. Christakis MD, PhD, MPH & Greg A. Sachs MD

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This work was supported in part by a Project on Death in America Soros Faculty Fellowship from the Open Society Institute to Dr. Christakis.

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Christakis, N.A., Sachs, G.A. The role of prognosis in clinical decision making. J Gen Intern Med 11, 422–425 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02600190

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