Overdiagnosis and overtreatment: generalists--it's time for a grassroots revolution

Affiliations

¹ Hindon Surgery, Wiltshire; Vice-Chair, RCGP Standing Group on Overdiagnosis; Editorial Board Member, Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin; GP Appraiser, NHSE South Central.
² Fulton Street Medical Centre, Glasgow; Chair, RCGP Standing Group on Overdiagnosis.

Editorial

Julian Treadwell et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2016 Mar.

. 2016 Mar;66(644):116-7.

doi: 10.3399/bjgp16X683881.

¹ Hindon Surgery, Wiltshire; Vice-Chair, RCGP Standing Group on Overdiagnosis; Editorial Board Member, Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin; GP Appraiser, NHSE South Central.
² Fulton Street Medical Centre, Glasgow; Chair, RCGP Standing Group on Overdiagnosis.

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Comment in

Multimorbidity: a problem in the body, or a problem of the system?
van Blarikom E, Fudge N, Swinglehurst D. van Blarikom E, et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2023 Sep 28;73(735):443-444. doi: 10.3399/bjgp23X735045. Print 2023 Oct. Br J Gen Pract. 2023. PMID: 37770224 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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