Medicalisation and Overdiagnosis: What Society Does to Medicine
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...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Kerman University of Medical Sciences
2016-11-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Health Policy and Management |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3269_e100f2351e57ebd7069f76847dda3de5.pdf |