Journal article
Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn't.
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Rosalind’s question, as she is about to marry Orlando, is purely rhetorical—she thinks that one cannot desire too much of a good thing. Nevertheless, trite though it may be, it is true that one can sometimes have it. It is certainly true of healthcare and has been referred to as ‘too much medicine’,1 although because of potential confusion with ‘too much medication’ a better term might be ‘too much healthcare’. This includes too much screening of asymptomatic individuals, too much investigati...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Reviewed (other)
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- 10.1136/ebmed-2017-110886
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- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 1-3
- Publication date:
- 2018-01-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-12-17
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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2515-4478
- Pmid:
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29367314
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:822201
- UUID:
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uuid:455eea70-0b9e-4764-b06a-0aa97de14312
- Local pid:
- pubs:822201
- Deposit date:
- 2018-02-23
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- 2018
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