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Choosing Wisely: The Canadian Rheumatology Association’s List of 5 Items Physicians and Patients Should Question

Shirley L. Chow, J. Carter Thorne, Mary J. Bell, Robert Ferrari, Zarnaz Bagheri, Tristan Boyd, Ann Marie Colwill, Michelle Jung, Damian Frackowiak, Glen S. Hazlewood, Bindee Kuriya and Peter Tugwell on behalf of the Canadian Rheumatology Association Choosing Wisely Committee
The Journal of Rheumatology April 2015, 42 (4) 682-689; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141140
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vol. 42 no. 4 682-689
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141140
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25641889

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The Journal of Rheumatology
Print ISSN 
0315-162X
Online ISSN 
1499-2752
History 
  • Accepted for publication December 10, 2014
  • Published online April 1, 2015.

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  1. Shirley L. Chow⇑,
  2. J. Carter Thorne,
  3. Mary J. Bell,
  4. Robert Ferrari,
  5. Zarnaz Bagheri,
  6. Tristan Boyd,
  7. Ann Marie Colwill,
  8. Michelle Jung,
  9. Damian Frackowiak,
  10. Glen S. Hazlewood,
  11. Bindee Kuriya and
  12. Peter Tugwell; on behalf of the Canadian Rheumatology Association Choosing Wisely Committee
  1. From the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto; Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario; Department of Medicine and Department of Rheumatic Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. S.L. Chow, MD; M.J. Bell, MD; Z. Bagheri, MD; D. Frackowiak, MD; B. Kuriya, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; J.C. Thorne, MD, Southlake Regional Health Centre; R. Ferrari, MD, Department of Medicine and Department of Rheumatic Diseases, University of Alberta; T. Boyd, MD; M. Jung, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Western University; A.M. Colwill, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia; G.S. Hazlewood, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary; P. Tugwell, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa.
  1. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Chow, Division of Rheumatology, Room M1400, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave., Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada. E-mail: Shirley.Chow{at}sunnybrook.ca

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