Choosing Wisely in the UK: The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' initiative to reduce the harms of too much medicine

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Malhotra, A ^a   Maughan, D ^b   Ansell, J ^c   Lehman, R ^d   Henderson, A ^a   Gray, M ^e   Stephenson, T ^a,f   Bailey, S ^a  

^a Academy of Medical Royal Colleges   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Sustainable Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

^c Welsh Institute for Minimal Access Therapy   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Summertown Pavilion   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOOSING WISELY PROGRAM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ETHICS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84930673815     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h2308     Document Type: Article

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