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Things to incorporate in my EPQ - Coggle Diagram
Things to incorporate in my EPQ
effects that overdiagnosis have
on patients
Time is wasted undergoing unnecessary treatment
Are treated based on guidelines set instead of their needs
on families
Upsetting, financially straining
on hospitals
Wasted money on patients that could have been used more productively
on doctors
Have to follow guidelines set despite going against against patient autonomy
Case studies
Case one
Prostate cancer
Survey, analysis of responses
Case two
PCOS
the criteria used to diagnose PCOS
Case three
Thyroid cancer
Graph analysis
What is overdiagnosis?
The diagnosis of a medical condition that would have never caused symptoms or problems
What isn't overdiagnosis?
Misdiagnosis - the incorrect diagnosis of something that will cause future problems and show symptoms
How overdiagnosis is enforced
Health ministers and the NHS
Setting guidelines that doctors have to follow that unknowingly contribute to overdiagnosis