H. Gilbert Welch, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, New Hampshire, and author of three books, including Less Medicine, More Health: 7 Assumptions That Drive Too Much Health Care and Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health. TDI.Dartmouth.edu
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