• Title of article

    Medicalisation and Overdiagnosis: What Society Does to Medicine

  • Author/Authors

    van Dijk، Wieteke نويسنده Celsus Academy for Sustainable Healthcare, and Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences,Radboud University Medical Center,Nijmegen,Netherlands , , Faber، Marjan J. نويسنده Celsus Academy for Sustainable Healthcare, and Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences,Radboud University Medical Center,Nijmegen,Netherlands , , Tanke، Marit A.C. نويسنده Celsus Academy for Sustainable Healthcare, and Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences,Radboud University Medical Center,Nijmegen,Netherlands , , Jeurissen، Patrick P.T. نويسنده Celsus Academy for Sustainable Healthcare, and Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences,Radboud University Medical Center,Nijmegen,Netherlands , , Westert، Gert P. نويسنده Celsus Academy for Sustainable Healthcare, and Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences,Radboud University Medical Center,Nijmegen,Netherlands ,

  • Issue Information
    ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2016
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    619
  • To page
    622
  • 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.
  • Keywords
    Overdiagnosis , Medicalisation , Society
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Health Policy and Management(IJHPM)
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Health Policy and Management(IJHPM)
  • Record number

    2396747