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Tuesday, September 13, 2005More than half of U.S. adults say they've chosen to forgo a treatment recommended by their doctor, including filling a prescription, getting a diagnostic test or undergoing a surgical procedure, because they felt it was unnecessary or too aggressive, a Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive health-care poll found. The online poll of 2,286 adults indicates considerable concern among Americans about the frequency with which patients receive too many or overly aggressive treatments from their doctors: 83% feel undertreatment often or sometimes can result in medical problems among patients, while 72% feel overtreatment contributes to problems. Well, our job is to give advice. It's up to the patient whether or not they chose to act on it. posted by Sydney on 9/13/2005 06:41:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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