title: Defensive medicine--legally necessary but ethically wrong?: Inpatient stress testing for chest pain in low-risk patients.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kachalia
authors.forename: Michelle M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mello
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology*; D003675:Defensive Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors