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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 10/2018

01-10-2018 | Concise Research Reports

Words Matter

Authors: Jodi B. Segal, MD, MPH, Nancy L. Schoenborn, MD, MHS

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 10/2018

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Choosing Wisely aims to promote conversations between clinicians and patients that will help patients to choose care that is “supported by evidence, not duplicative of other tests or procedures already received, free from harm, and truly necessary.”1 With the goal of improving how patients and doctors communicate on these topics, we sought to understand what words resonate most with the public to describe use of services where the likelihood of harm exceeds the likelihood of benefit.2 …
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Cassel CK, Guest JA. Choosing wisely: Helping physicians and patients make smart decisions about their care. JAMA. 2012;307(17):1801–1802CrossRefPubMed
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Metadata
Title
Words Matter
Authors
Jodi B. Segal, MD, MPH
Nancy L. Schoenborn, MD, MHS
Publication date
01-10-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 10/2018
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4523-6

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