Too much medical care: bad for you, bad for health care systems
The harder we look for cancer in healthy people, the more cancer we find. Yet many of these extra "cancers" aren't likely to affect health.
Here’s a question to ask your doctor: Have you ever had a patient who suffered from getting too much medical care? Assuming she has the time and the inclination to talk, I bet you’ll hear an interesting story.
A 2011 survey of American primary care physicians found that nearly half thought their patients received too much medical care. Remember, that’s doctors talking.
Medical interventions are probably the most familiar example of too much medical care. Death is often preceded by multiple visits
