The challenge of overdiagnosis begins with its Definition: Overdiagnosis means different things to different people. S M Carter and colleagues argue that we should use a broad term such as too much medicine for advocacy and develop precise, case by case definitions of overdiagnosis for research and clinical purposes

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Carter, S M ^a   Rogers, W ^b   Heath, I ^c   Degeling, C ^a   Doust, J ^d   Barratt, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Bond University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84925706067     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h869     Document Type: Article

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