What Do We Tell Our Patients about Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation?

摘要

As part of their training and culture, physicians generally examine the results of a given study in the con- text of an overall body of evidence. By contrast, patients are often perplexed by the results of a given, possibly well- publicized study (or set of studies) that may be at odds with the advice their own physician has provided them. Poten- tial outcomes of this include a change in behavior or med- ications by the patient or, hopefully, an extended discus- sion with their physician regarding the appropriate course of action.