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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absence of harm" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing safety, risk assessment, or ethical considerations where the lack of negative impact is emphasized.
Example: "The study concluded that the new medication demonstrated an absence of harm to the patients involved."
Alternatives: "lack of harm" or "no harm present".
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In applying the public interest test, an absence of harm is not sufficient.
Harm to one or more competitors, however severe, is not condemned by the Sherman Act in the absence of harm to the competitive process and thereby harm to consumers.
Heedless of his own personal safety, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler said Tuesday that for Malone to demonstrate "an absence of harm" from a merger would be insufficient reason to approve the merger.
First, defenders have argued that mere absence of harm is all that must be proved for mail-order tests to be acceptable.
There is even disturbing evidence that such persuasion is absolute, not ready to be influenced by facts about the absence of harm and the abundance of benefits.
Even if we find accurate numbers, it's still hard to conclusively identify a causal relationship between our recommendations and improved outcomes, especially when those outcomes might just be the absence of harm done.
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In a systematic review, the screening phase is crucial and the exclusion of studies due to the absence of harms could overestimate the events and perhaps generate a biased review.
The common thread which permeates the analysis of potential economic recovery in the absence of physical harm is the recognition of the underlying concept of duty.
Given the efficiency of the electronic device, the absence of potential harm, and the reduction in nurse workload, one could argue that use of such a device could be recommended in every intubated critically ill patient.
It is interesting to note that the SAPROF did almost as well as the S-RAMM as a predictor of the absence of self harm.
Items that related to the reporting of errors were split into two items to evaluate whether students' responses would change due to the presence or absence of patient harm.
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