Overdiagnosis: An unrecognised and growing worldwide problem in healthcare

Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of deviations, abnormalities, risk factors, and pathologies that in themselves would never cause symptoms (this applies only to risk factors and pathology), would never lead to morbidity, and would never be the cause of death. Therefore, treating an overdiagnosed condi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brodersen John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-09-01
Series:Slovenian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2017-0019