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Current Medical Research and Opinion Volume 37, 2021 - Issue 11

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Improving and spreading plain language summaries of peer-reviewed medical journal publications

Richard Smitha Chair, Patients Know Best, Cambridge, UK;b Former editor in chief, The BMJ, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]

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Pages 2017-2018 | Received 13 Aug 2021, Accepted 27 Aug 2021, Published online: 12 Sep 2021

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