title: Grow a Spine, Have a Heart: Responding to Patient Requests for Marginally Beneficial Care.
authors.affiliation: primary care physician at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Bjorg
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thorsteinsdottir
authors.affiliation: majoring in philosophy at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Annika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.affiliation: practices general internal medicine and integrative medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Jon C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tilburt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D026686:Beneficence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000523:psychology*; D003363:Cost Control; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D009519:New York City; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D055656:Prescriptions / Q000191:economics; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics