Medicalisation and Overdiagnosis: What Society Does to Medicine
Wieteke van Dijk, Marjan J. Faber, Marit A.C. Tanke and 2 more
International Journal of Health Policy and Management · 2016
doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2016.121 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
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 society, neglecting the possible influence of society on medicine. In this perspective, we aim to provide a novel insight into the influence of society and the societal context on medicine, in particularly with regard to medicalisation and overdiagnosis.
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