Is the problem that everything is a diagnosis?

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 856-859

  Doust, Jenny ^a   Glasziou, Paul ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health care economics; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALIZATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84891646170     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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