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The Epidemiologic Data on Falls, 1998-2010

The Epidemiologic Data on Falls, 1998-2010 Letters 8. US Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Thus, although the free flow of information is touted as a Administration. Guidance for industry: presenting risk information in means of promoting patient autonomy, the crowded land- prescription drug and medical device promotion. http://www.fda.gov scape of biased health care information on the Internet cre- /downloads/drugs/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation ates an environment in which it may be more difficult for pa- /guidances/ucm155480.pdf. Published May 2009. Accessed December 4, 2014. tients to make informed health care decisions. An important 9. Kravitz RL, Epstein RM, Feldman MD, et al. Influence of patients’ requests for first step toward ameliorating these risks would be to clearly direct-to-consumer advertised antidepressants: a randomized controlled trial. label hospital websites in a manner that allows patients to iden- JAMA. 2005;293(16):1995-2002. tify them as advertisements. More resources are needed to cre- ate, and direct patients to, balanced online informational tools. Clinicians should ask patients what they have learned from on- line medical searches and assist them in forming a complete More Older Americans Report Falling picture of the risks and benefits of treatment options. Finally, Falling is the most frequent cause of injury in older adults in we must focus http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Internal Medicine American Medical Association

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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2015 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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2168-6106
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2168-6114
DOI
10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7533
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25599461
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Abstract

Letters 8. US Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Thus, although the free flow of information is touted as a Administration. Guidance for industry: presenting risk information in means of promoting patient autonomy, the crowded land- prescription drug and medical device promotion. http://www.fda.gov scape of biased health care information on the Internet cre- /downloads/drugs/guidancecomplianceregulatoryinformation ates an environment in which it may be more difficult for pa- /guidances/ucm155480.pdf. Published May 2009. Accessed December 4, 2014. tients to make informed health care decisions. An important 9. Kravitz RL, Epstein RM, Feldman MD, et al. Influence of patients’ requests for first step toward ameliorating these risks would be to clearly direct-to-consumer advertised antidepressants: a randomized controlled trial. label hospital websites in a manner that allows patients to iden- JAMA. 2005;293(16):1995-2002. tify them as advertisements. More resources are needed to cre- ate, and direct patients to, balanced online informational tools. Clinicians should ask patients what they have learned from on- line medical searches and assist them in forming a complete More Older Americans Report Falling picture of the risks and benefits of treatment options. Finally, Falling is the most frequent cause of injury in older adults in we must focus

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JAMA Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association

Published: Mar 1, 2015

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