Engaging physicians and consumers in conversations about treatment overuse and waste: A short history of the choosing wisely campaign

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 990-995

  Wolfson, Daniel ^a   Santa, John ^b   Slass, Lorie ^c  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Consumer Reports Health ^*  (United States)

^c ABIM Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84903821419     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000270     Document Type: Article

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