The challenge of overdiagnosis begins with its definition: 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

S. M. Carter; W. Rogers; I. Heath; C. Degeling; J. Doust; A. Barratt

doi:10.1136/bmj.h869

The challenge of overdiagnosis begins with its definition: 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

S. M. Carter, W. Rogers, I. Heath, C. Degeling, J. Doust, A. Barratt

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	h869
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	BMJ (Online)
Volume	350
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h869
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Carter, S. M., Rogers, W., Heath, I., Degeling, C., Doust, J., & Barratt, A. (2015). The challenge of overdiagnosis begins with its definition: 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. BMJ (Online), 350, 1-5. Article h869. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h869

Carter, S. M. ; Rogers, W. ; Heath, I. et al. / The challenge of overdiagnosis begins with its definition : 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. In: BMJ (Online). 2015 ; Vol. 350. pp. 1-5.

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Carter SM, Rogers W, Heath I, Degeling C, Doust J, Barratt A. The challenge of overdiagnosis begins with its definition: 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. BMJ (Online). 2015;350:1-5. h869. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h869

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