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01-10-2015 | Not the Last Word

Not the Last Word: Choosing Wisely

Author: Joseph Bernstein, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 10/2015

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In 2012, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation initiated the “Choosing Wisely” campaign [4]. The ABIM challenged all physician organizations to identify medical services that are “overused in their specialty and did not provide meaningful benefit for patients.” …

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Title: Not the Last Word: Choosing Wisely
Author: Joseph Bernstein, MD
Publication date: 01-10-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 10/2015
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-015-4490-8

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