A Practical Framework for Understanding and Reducing Medical Overuse: Conceptualizing Overuse Through the Patient-Clinician Interaction.
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SUBMITTER: Morgan DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5570540 | biostudies-other | 2017 May
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