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Oct 10, 2011

Defining “Appropriateness”: The Devil Is in the Definition

Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSc
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Author Affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Author Affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(18):1673-1674. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.467
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Redberg RF. Defining “Appropriateness”: The Devil Is in the Definition. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171(18):1673–1674. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.467

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