Preventing overdiagnosis: how to stop harming the healthy

BMJ. 2012 May 28:344:e3502. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3502.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Competence / standards
  • Critical Pathways / standards
  • Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / trends
  • Early Detection of Cancer / adverse effects*
  • Forecasting
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening / adverse effects*
  • Medical Futility
  • Patient Selection
  • Preventive Medicine / standards
  • Risk Adjustment / standards*
  • Unnecessary Procedures / adverse effects*