How do people understand overtesting and overdiagnosis? Systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research

T Rozbroj, R Haas, D O'Connor, SM Carter… - Social science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rationale The public should be informed about overtesting and overdiagnosis. Diverse
qualitative studies have examined public understandings of this information. A synthesis …

Overdiagnosis: how cancer screening can turn indolent pathology into illness

J Brodersen, LM Schwartz, S Woloshin - Apmis, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The shift from illness to disease has had a profound impact on modern medicine–particularly
in the realm of cancer screening. In screening, it is not patients with illness who seek help …

Recognizing and responding to medical neglect

C Jenny, Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect - Pediatrics, 2007 - publications.aap.org
This Clinical Report was retired March 2022. A caregiver may fail to recognize or respond to
a child's medical needs for a variety of reasons. An effective response by a health care …

The diagnostic odyssey: insights from parents of children living with an undiagnosed condition

A Bauskis, C Strange, C Molster, C Fisher - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2022 - Springer
Background People living with rare disease often have protracted journeys towards
diagnosis. In the last decade, programs have arisen around the world that are dedicated to …

Identification of developmental-behavioral problems in primary care: a systematic review

RC Sheldrick, S Merchant, EC Perrin - Pediatrics, 2011 - publications.aap.org
CONTEXT: Recent mandates and recommendations for formal screening programs are
based on the claim that pediatric care providers underidentify children with developmental …

Improving the early detection of children with subtle developmental problems

J Williams, CA Holmes - Journal of Child Health Care, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
This article briefly reviews the recent literature identifying the possible reasons why children
with subtle developmental problems are passing through health care systems undetected. It …

Introduction to the special section: More than measurement error: Discovering meaning behind informant discrepancies in clinical assessments of children and …

A De Los Reyes - Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Discrepancies often arise among multiple informants' reports of child and adolescent
psychopathology and related constructs (eg, parenting, family relationship quality and …

Overdiagnosis in cancer

HG Welch, WC Black - Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2010 - academic.oup.com
This article summarizes the phenomenon of cancer overdiagnosis—the diagnosis of a
“cancer” that would otherwise not go on to cause symptoms or death. We describe the two …

Recommendations for returning genomic incidental findings? We need to talk!

W Burke, AH Matheny Antommaria, R Bennett… - Genetics in …, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics recently issued
recommendations for reporting incidental findings from clinical whole-genome sequencing …

Predictors and moderators of agreement between clinical and research diagnoses for children and adolescents.

A Jensen-Doss, EA Youngstrom… - Journal of Consulting …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Diagnoses play an important role in treatment planning and monitoring, but
extensive research has shown low agreement between clinician-generated diagnoses and …