The Canadian Choosing Wisely campaign: the Canadian Hematology Society’s top five tests and treatments

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 541-545

  Hillis, Christopher M ^a,d   Schimmer, Aaron D ^b   Couban, Stephen ^c   Crowther, Mark A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Health care delivery; Medical decision making; Thrombosis; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ANTITHROMBIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CANADIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPHILIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CANADA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84925521742     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-015-2304-4     Document Type: Article

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