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Casting the net too wide on overdiagnosis: benefits, burdens and non-harmful disease
- Correspondence to Professor Wendy A Rogers, Department of Philosophy and Department of Clinical Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia; wendy.rogers{at}mq.edu.au
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Casting the net too wide on overdiagnosis: benefits, burdens and non-harmful disease
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- Received July 12, 2016
- Accepted July 17, 2016
- First published August 8, 2016.
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November 25, 2016
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