Expanding disease and undermining the ethos of medicine
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DOI: 10.1007/s10654-019-00496-4
Abstract: The expansion of the concept of disease poses problems for epidemiology. Certainly, new diseases are discovered and more people are treated earlier and better. However, the historically unprecedented expansion is criticised for going too far.… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; disease undermining; expanding disease; expansion ... See more keywords