Walking the tightrope: communicating overdiagnosis in modern healthcare. (5th February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McCaffery, Kirsten J; Jansen, Jesse; Scherer, Laura D; Thornton, Hazel; Hersch, Jolyn; Carter, Stacy M; Barratt, Alexandra; Sheridan, Stacey; Moynihan, Ray; Waller, Jo; Brodersen, John; Pickles, Kristen; Edwards, Adrian
• Is Part Of: BMJ. Volume 352(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-02-05
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i348
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1447

Abstract

Abstract : Communication that empowers the public, patients, clinicians, and policy makers to think differently about overdiagnosis will help support a more sustainable healthcare future for all, argue Kirsten McCaffery and colleagues