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Key concepts for making informed choices
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- Jeffrey K. Aronson0,
- Eric Barends1,
- Robert Boruch2,
- Marnie Brennan3,
- Iain Chalmers4,
- Joe Chislett5,
- Peter Cunliffe-Jones6,
- Astrid Dahlgren7,
- Marie Gaarder8,
- Andy Haines9,
- Carl Heneghan10,
- Robert Matthews11,
- Brandy Maynard12,
- Andrew D. Oxman13,
- Matt Oxman14,
- Andrew Pullin15,
- Nicola Randall16,
- Hazel Roddam17,
- Anel Schoonees18,
- Jonathan Sharples19,
- Ruth Stewart20,
- Janet Stott21,
- Raymond Tallis22,
- Nerys Thomas23 &
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- Luke Vale24
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Jeffrey K. Aronson
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Jeffrey K. Aronson is consultant physician and clinical pharmacologist at the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Eric Barends
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Eric Barends is managing director of the Center for Evidence-Based Management (CEBMa), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Robert Boruch
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Robert Boruch is university trustee chair professor of education and statistics at the Graduate School of Education and Statistics Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
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Marnie Brennan
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Marnie Brennan is deputy director of the Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, UK.
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Iain Chalmers
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Iain Chalmers is associate member at the Centre for Informed Health Choices, Oslo, Norway.
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Joe Chislett
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Joe Chislett is founder of the Kritikos programme to enhance young people’s thinking skills in schools and colleges, Reading, United Kingdom.
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Peter Cunliffe-Jones
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Peter Cunliffe-Jones is founder of Africa Check in Johannesburg, South Africa, and senior adviser at International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) in London, UK.
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Astrid Dahlgren
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Astrid Dahlgren is senior researcher at the Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Eastern and Southern Norway), Oslo, Norway.
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Marie Gaarder
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Marie Gaarder is director of the evaluation office and global director for innovation, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Oslo, Norway and New Delhi, India.
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Andy Haines
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Andy Haines is professor of environmental change and public health at the Centre for Climate Change and Planetary Health at LSHTM, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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Carl Heneghan
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Carl Heneghan is director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Robert Matthews
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Robert Matthews is professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
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Brandy Maynard
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Brandy Maynard is associate professor at the School of Social Work, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
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Andrew D. Oxman
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Andrew D. Oxman is research director at the Centre for Informed Health Choices, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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Matt Oxman
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Matt Oxman is adviser at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
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Andrew Pullin
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Andrew Pullin is chief executive at the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence and professor at the Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
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Nicola Randall
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Nicola Randall is director of the Centre for Evidence Based Agriculture, Harper Adams University, Edgmond, UK.
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Hazel Roddam
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Hazel Roddam is reader in allied health practice at the School of Health Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
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Anel Schoonees
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Anel Schoonees is researcher at the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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Jonathan Sharples
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Jonathan Sharples is senior researcher at the Education Endowment Foundation, London, UK.
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Ruth Stewart
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Ruth Stewart is director of the Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Janet Stott
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Janet Stott is deputy director and head of public engagement at the Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Raymond Tallis
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Raymond Tallis is emeritus professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Nerys Thomas
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Nerys Thomas is lead for knowledge, research and practice at the What Works Centre for Crime Reduction, College of Policing, London, UK.
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Luke Vale
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Luke Vale is professor of health economics at the Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
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