5 questions you should consider asking your doctor or other healthcare provider

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5 questions you should consider asking your doctor or other healthcare provider

Some tests, treatments and procedures provide little benefit. In some cases, they may even cause harm. Use these 5 questions to make sure you end up with the right amount of care — not too much and not too little.

Organisation:: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Topic:: Health checks
Target audience:: General
Service area:: National
Published:: March 2019
Last reviewed:: October 2023

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