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. 2013 Dec;173(22):2086-7.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10363.

Less is more: Overdiagnosis and overtreatment: evaluation of what physicians tell their patients about screening harms

Odette Wegwarth¹, Gerd Gigerenzer

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PMID: 24145597
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10363

Less is more: Overdiagnosis and overtreatment: evaluation of what physicians tell their patients about screening harms

Odette Wegwarth et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Dec.

. 2013 Dec;173(22):2086-7.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10363.

Authors

Odette Wegwarth¹, Gerd Gigerenzer

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¹ Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Harding Center for Risk Literacy, Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 24145597
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10363

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JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Jan;174(1):169

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Informed choice in cancer screening.
Welch HG. Welch HG. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Dec 9-23;173(22):2088. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6759. JAMA Intern Med. 2013. PMID: 24145551 No abstract available.
Improving evidence-based practices through health literacy.
Yeh JS. Yeh JS. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Aug;174(8):1413. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.847. JAMA Intern Med. 2014. PMID: 25090176 No abstract available.
Improving evidence-based practices through health literacy--reply.
Wegwarth O, Gigerenzer G. Wegwarth O, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Aug;174(8):1413-4. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.846. JAMA Intern Med. 2014. PMID: 25090177 No abstract available.

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