Educating trainees about appropriate and cost-conscious diagnostic testing

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1352-

  Weinberger, Steven E ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

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EID: 80155126951     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182308db7     Document Type: Note

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