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Testing 1, 2, 3

Is overtesting undermining patient and system health?

Margaret J. McGregor and Danielle Martin
Canadian Family Physician November 2012, 58 (11) 1191-1193;
Margaret J. McGregor
Clinical Associate Professor in the University of British Columbia Department of Family Practice and a family physician at the Mid Main Community Health Centre in Vancouver.
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vol. 58 no. 11 1191-1193
PubMed 
23152453

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0008-350X
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1715-5258
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  • Published online November 14, 2012.

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  1. Margaret J. McGregor, MD CCFP MHSc⇓
  1. Clinical Associate Professor in the University of British Columbia Department of Family Practice and a family physician at the Mid Main Community Health Centre in Vancouver.
  1. Correspondence: Dr Margaret J. McGregor, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Department of Family Practice, Room 713, 828 W 10th, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L8; telephone 604 873-3666; fax 604 875-5179; e-mail mrgret{at}mail.ubc.ca
  1. Danielle Martin, MD CCFP
  1. Family physician at Women’s College Hospital of the University of Toronto in Ontario.

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