Importance Malnutrition affects a considerable proportion of the medical inpatient
population. There is uncertainty regarding whether use of nutritional support during …

Importance Medical overuse is an important cause of patient harm and medical waste.
Observation This structured literature review of English-language articles supplemented by …

Now in its eighth edition, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective provides practical guidance on
the ethical issues you might come across in nursing practice, with real-world examples that …

Importance Overuse of medical care is a well-recognized problem in health care, associated
with patient harm and costs. We sought to identify and highlight original research articles …

Background Malnutrition risk estimates vary greatly, and no robust data on the association
between food intake and outcomes exist for hospitals in the United States (US). This study …

Concerns have grown in recent decades that economic growth in many rich countries may,
in fact, be uneconomic. Uneconomic growth occurs when expansion in economic activity …

Background Neither the incidence of indications for childhood tonsillectomy nor the
proportion of tonsillectomies that are evidence-based is known. Aim To determine the …

Study objective Shared decisionmaking has been promoted as a method to increase the
patient-centeredness of medical decisionmaking and decrease low-yield testing, but little is …

Background The use of low-value care (LVC) is widespread and has an impact on both the
use of resources and the quality of care. However, few studies have thus far studied the …

Science and technology have vastly expanded the realm of medicine. The numbers of and
knowledge about diseases has greatly increased, and we can help more people in many …