Copyright and Open Access at the Bedside

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Published December 29, 2011

N Engl J Med 2011;365:2447-2449

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1110652

Abstract

Moves to protect the copyright of the Mini–Mental State Examination, the standard of care for cognitive screening, have left clinicians at risk of legal action for infringement and distribution and made a new tool, apparently seen as derivative, unavailable.

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