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Why is it important to use credible sources as a student and as a healthcare professional?

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If the source you are attempting to use is not credible, information may be false.
In healthcare there a lot of news articles over various diseases like ebola.
if you wish to get information on curing or treating a disease as such, it is best to use a credible source.
if you do however use a non-credible source, you may try to use the information given from the article and maybe try to treat an illness but possibly fail or make things worse.
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