Media Coverage of the Benefits and Harms of Testing the Healthy: a protocol for a descriptive study

Introduction Much testing in medicine is aimed at healthy people to facilitate the early detection of health conditions. However, there is growing evidence that early detection is a double-edged sword that may cause harm in the form of overdiagnosis. The media can be seen as a major generator of con...

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Main Authors: Mark Jones, Christopher Maher, Ray Moynihan, Alexandra Barratt, Alice Fabbri, Mary O'Keeffe, Joshua Zadro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/8/e029532.full