Will running the numbers first violate the principles of patient-centered care?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 838-839

  Boyd, Cynthia M ^a   Leff, Bruce ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57349157259     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-11-200812020-00018     Document Type: Letter

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