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  • Medical History
  • Health Policy
  • Clinical Practice

Background:

  • Overdiagnosis and overtreatment are often perceived as modern problems driven by technology and market forces.
  • Historical analysis demonstrates that concerns about iatrogenic excess (harm caused by medical treatment) have existed for centuries.
  • Medical interventions have frequently preceded or created diagnostic problems, a pattern observed across different eras.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the historical roots of overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
  • To analyze the enduring challenges posed by diagnostic and therapeutic excess throughout medical history.
  • To provide historical context for contemporary critiques of overdiagnosis and overtreatment.

Main Methods:

  • Review of historical medical controversies from the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • Analysis of recurring patterns of diagnostic and therapeutic enthusiasm.
  • Examination of the relationship between medical interventions and diagnostic expansion.

Main Results:

  • Evidence suggests diagnostic and therapeutic excess is a long-standing issue in medicine, predating modern technology.
  • Historical examples illustrate how medical solutions have often sought out or created new diagnostic problems.
  • The phenomenon of over-intervention has consistently coexisted with underdiagnosis and undertreatment.

Conclusions:

  • Overdiagnosis and overtreatment are not solely contemporary phenomena but have deep historical roots.
  • Understanding historical critiques of medical enthusiasm is essential for addressing current challenges.
  • A historical perspective can inform strategies to mitigate diagnostic and therapeutic excess and balance it with appropriate care.