Why medicine is overweight

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 02 Jun 2010 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 340, pages c2800-c2800 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

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Authors: Christopher, Martyn;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2800

pmid: 20519269

Why medicine is overweight

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Abstract

Is it really admirable that doctors investigate more rather than less, and intervene with treatment early rather than late?

Keywords

Health Services Needs and Demand, Engineering, Universal Health Insurance, Humans, Health Care Costs

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