Guarding Against Overtesting, Overdiagnosis, and Overtreatment of Older Adults: Thinking Beyond Imaging and Injuries to Weigh Harms and Benefits
J Am Geriatr Soc
.
2017 May;65(5):903-905.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.14737.
Epub 2017 Feb 7.
Authors
Jerome R Hoffman
1
,
Christopher R Carpenter
2
Affiliations
1
Emergency Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
2
Emergency Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
PMID:
28170085
DOI:
10.1111/jgs.14737
No abstract available
Publication types
Editorial
Comment
MeSH terms
Accidental Falls*
Aged
Early Detection of Cancer
Humans
Incidence
Medical Overuse
Spinal Fractures*