US specialties list five tests and treatments that doctors and patients can safely avoid

BMJ. 2012 Apr 10:344:e2601. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e2601.
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Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Absorptiometry, Photon
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Choice Behavior
  • Communication
  • Delivery of Health Care / economics
  • Delivery of Health Care / standards*
  • Diagnostic Imaging*
  • Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Medicine*
  • Patient Care / economics
  • Patient Care / standards*
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Physician-Patient Relations*
  • Physicians, Family
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Sinusitis / drug therapy
  • Standard of Care* / economics
  • Time Factors
  • Trust
  • United States
  • Unnecessary Procedures*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents