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When less is more: mitigating the harms and risks of over-testing through shared decision making

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  1. Emergency Department and PreHospital EMS, Service d’Accueil des Urgences/SMUR, Lariboisière’s Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris University, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010, Paris, France

    Anthony Chauvin

  2. Inserm U942 MASCOT, Université de Paris, Paris, France

    Anthony Chauvin

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Eddy Lang

  4. Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Patrick Bossuyt

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Chauvin, A., Lang, E. & Bossuyt, P. When less is more: mitigating the harms and risks of over-testing through shared decision making. Can J Emerg Med 24, 126–127 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-021-00231-7

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