We need minimally disruptive medicine
BMJPublished 11 August 2009
Carl May, Víctor M. Montori, Frances S Mair
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The burden of treatment for many people with complex, chronic, comorbidities reduces their capacity to collaborate in their care, and care must be less disruptive to be effective.
Abstract
The burden of treatment for many people with complex, chronic, comorbidities reduces their capacity to collaborate in their care. Carl May, Victor Montori, and Frances Mair argue that to be effective, care must be less disruptive
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