title: Unnecessary care: are doctors in denial and is profit driven healthcare to blame?
authors.affiliation: jeanne.lenzer@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lenzer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001293:Attitude to Death; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000639:trends; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000191:economics*; D005544:Forecasting; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000523:psychology*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D010819:Physician's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000191:economics*