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Citing Correctly - please check owl.purdue.edu, not here

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I am writing a medical research article and I don't have much experience. I am a bit confused about the concept of secondary citations. As expected, every paper I need to cite will have its own references for the same piece of information I want to cite. Most of this information is well-known in the medical community. Do I have to go and read those references every time to make sure they have been cited correctly and then cite them directly? Does this mean everyone will end up citing the original sources as it is not recommended to cite a recent paper without checking and citing its older references? Hope this makes sense!

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