Section: Module 3: Lesson 2: Medicalization and Overdiagnosis | Humanism in Health and Healthcare | NextGenU.org

  • Learning Objectives:
    Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
    • Identify how medicalization leads to over-diagnosis and articulate why this may negatively impact patient care.
    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 1 minute.

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      Required Learning Resources and Activities
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      Medicalisation and Overdiagnosis: What Society Does to Medicine URL
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      Read the content under the headings, from "Introduction" to "The Dual Relationship Between Overdiagnosis and Medicalisation." (17 minutes)

      Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management - 2016

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      Recommended Additional Readings
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      How to Distinguish Medicalization from Over-medicalization? URL
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      Read the content under the following sections: Abstract, Introduction, Various effects of medicalization and over‑medicalization, and Over‑medicalization: a pragmatic approach. (10 minutes)

      Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy - 2018