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Overdiagnosis, medicalisation and social justice: commentary on Carter et al (2016) ‘A definition and ethical evaluation of overdiagnosis’
- Correspondence to Dr Michael Morrison, Nuffield Department of Population Health, The University of Oxford, Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX), Ewert House, Ewert Place, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7DD, UK; michael.morrison{at}dph.ox.ac.uk
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Overdiagnosis, medicalisation and social justice: commentary on Carter et al (2016) ‘A definition and ethical evaluation of overdiagnosis’
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- Received July 8, 2016
- Accepted July 15, 2016
- First published August 8, 2016.
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October 25, 2016
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