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Expecting The Unexpected With Hickam’s Dictum

Expecting The Unexpected With Hickam’s Dictum

by Taz | Jan 24, 2021 | Mental Models, Thinking Tools

“Patients can have as many diseases as they damn well please.”   John Hickam Occam’s Razor implies that the simplest answer is usually the correct one. This is often not the case in the medical profession. The body is a complicated organism with a lot of moving...

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