The challenge of overdiagnosis begins with its definition

Stacy M. Carter, Wendy Rogers, Iona Heath, Chris Degeling, Jenny Doust, Alex Barratt

BMJ · 2015 · 205 citations · 21 references

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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

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