Doctors get plenty of advice on starting treatment; this could help them know when to stop
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Decades of effort have improved the chances that patients will get the scans, routine tests and medicines that can do them the most good - and avoid the ones that won't help them at all. But in the push toward evidence-based medicine, a new study says, a key step has mostly gotten overlooked: helping doctors stop or scale back - or deintensify - treatment once it has started.