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Are you getting the best health care? Evidence says: maybe not

  • Written by Bernadette Melnyk, Dean and Professor of Nursing, The Ohio State University
imageNurses via Flickrwistechcolleges/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

When you go to the hospital, you probably think you’re going to receive the best, most current care. Otherwise, you would not entrust your care to that hospital.

Evidence suggests, however, that you might be wrong. In fact, based on a study I conducted with a team this year, we found that one...

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