Doctors perform thousands of unnecessary surgeries.

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Doctors perform thousands of unnecessary surgeries.

July 10, 2013

Eisler P; Hansen B.

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This newspaper article explains how unnecessary surgeries may lead to patient harm and how shared decision-making may prevent such procedures.

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