Medicalisation and Overdiagnosis: What Society Does to Medicine

• Main Authors: Wieteke van Dijk (Author), Marjan J. Faber (Author), Marit A.C. Tanke (Author), Patrick P.T. Jeurissen (Author), Gert P. Westert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The concept of overdiagnosis is a dominant topic in medical literature and discussions. In research that targets overdiagnosis, medicalisation is often presented as the societal and individual burden of unnecessary medical expansion. In this way, the focus lies on the influence of medicine on societ...