Survey of public definitions of the term 'overdiagnosis' in the UK

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Ghanouni, Alex ^a   Meisel, Susanne F ^a   Renzi, Cristina ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   Waller, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERDIAGNOSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STEREOTYPY; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL OVERUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84969746068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010723     Document Type: Article

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