It is the best of times; it is the worst of times: is there a way forward? A plethora of treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis, but critical trial design issues.
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(Fam Med 2006;38(3):162-3.) If you majored in the humanities in college, or took a literature survey course, or just like to read classic stories, you’ll recognize that my column title is a repetition of the first two phrases of Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens’ subject in that stirring book is the French Revolution, with all its attendant promise and its very real dangers. His opening lines continue as quoted below, eerily foreshadowing our alternating feelings of hope and discouragement, uncertainty and resolve as we contemplate the future of our discipline:
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Family medicine
دوره 38 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006