Acute demand, weak evidence, and inadequate safeguards let physicians pursue dramatic interventions on hunches, ambition, or no clear rationale.
Acute demand, weak evidence, and inadequate safeguards let physicians pursue dramatic interventions on hunches, ambition, or no clear rationale.
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