. 2017 Jul;63(7):521-524.

Better decision making in preventive health screening: Balancing benefits and harms

Affiliations

¹ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
² Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Que.
³ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
⁴ Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and in the Department of Hematology and Oncology for CancerCare Manitoba.
⁵ Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
⁶ Research coordinator for the Knowledge Translation program at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ont. kasperavicid@smh.ca.
⁷ Business Partner, Stakeholder Engagement at the BC Safety Authority in New Westminster, BC.

Neil R Bell et al. Can Fam Physician. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;63(7):521-524.

¹ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
² Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Que.
³ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
⁴ Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and in the Department of Hematology and Oncology for CancerCare Manitoba.
⁵ Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
⁶ Research coordinator for the Knowledge Translation program at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ont. kasperavicid@smh.ca.
⁷ Business Partner, Stakeholder Engagement at the BC Safety Authority in New Westminster, BC.

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Implementing preventive health care recommendations in family medicine: Introducing a series from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
Thombs BD, Lewin G, Tonelli M. Thombs BD, et al. Can Fam Physician. 2017 Jul;63(7):504-505. Can Fam Physician. 2017. PMID: 28701433 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Using disease-specific mortality in discussions with patients.
Dermer M. Dermer M. Can Fam Physician. 2017 Nov;63(11):828. Can Fam Physician. 2017. PMID: 29138151 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Response.
Kasperavicius D, Bell NR, Grad R, Dickinson JA, Moore AE, Singh H, Thombs BD, Wilson BJ. Kasperavicius D, et al. Can Fam Physician. 2017 Nov;63(11):828-830. Can Fam Physician. 2017. PMID: 29138152 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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