Response to Bjorn Hofmann: Clarifying overdiagnosis without losing conceptual complexity

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1120-1121

  Rogers, Wendy A ^a   Mintzker, Yishai ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DSM-5; EXPERIENCE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICALIZATION; ONTOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; HEALTH SERVICE;

HUMANS; MEDICAL OVERUSE;

EID: 85006914593     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12682     Document Type: Article

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