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European Journal of Plastic Surgery
Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery 2/2004

01-05-2004 | Editorial

Statistics and plastic surgeons

Author: L. Clodius

Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery | Issue 2/2004

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Excerpt

In the operating room, we must base our actions on proven facts: facts that no lawyer or jury will doubt. If we want a loan, we must prove to the banker the basic facts: how do we pay it back? Are we not living in a fact-minded civilization? Not in a world of imaginations, dreams, wishes and whims? Can we simply divide reasoning into cognition and emotion? …
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Metadata
Title
Statistics and plastic surgeons
Author
L. Clodius
Publication date
01-05-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Plastic Surgery / Issue 2/2004
Print ISSN: 0930-343X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0130
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-004-0604-3

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