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[Concepts. Minimally disruptive medicine]
Eulalia Mariñelarena Mañeru1, Laura Balague Gea2, Rafael Rotaeche Del Campo3
1Grupo de Trabajo MBE de Osatzen. Unidad Docente Multiprofesional de Atención Familiar y Comunitaria, Osakidetza, San Sebastián, España.
Abstract:
This paper presents some concepts about overdiagnosis and its consequences: overtreatment and the medicalization of the society. It recalls the origin of the term, that comes from the screening and diagnosis of cancer, and it reviews the strategies to overdiagnose. Furthermore, it analyses the conversion of illnesses diagnostic thresholds as well as the transformation of normal and vital processes and risk factors in illnesses. It shows some strategies to confront overdiagnosis at the time of medical consultation, including the management of uncertainty and the shared decision making through the right interpretation of the diagnosis results and treatment estimators. Finally, it shows the minimally disruptive medicine as the best strategy to face the disease burden induced by the overtreatment in patients suffering from multimorbidity.
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