title: Still hard to beat. Doctors don't have the heart--or a clinical reason--to part with their old-fashioned stethoscopes.
authors.forename: Cinda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010820:Physicians; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D019023:Stethoscopes / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation