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Towards evidence-based medicine for paediatricians
  1. Bob Phillips
  1. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Bob Phillips, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK; bob.phillips{at}doctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-316983

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    How often can you cry ‘Wolf!’?

    The fable of the bored shepherd boy, alone on a hillside (except for the sheep—sheep don’t count as company—even in Yorkshire) waiting for something to happen, is one that I hope most of us know and can recount if needed at any dinner table.

    In my folk recollections of the tale, it’s three times that the lad calls ‘Wolf!’. Twice he gets the thrill of a village-load of yokels pounding out to his …

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    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Contributors Written by BP.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.