Over-Diagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health

Over the past several decades, enthusiasm for early diagnosis has grown, engaging many physicians in a systematic search for abnormalities in people who are well. While most consider only the potential benefits, in this talk Dr. Welch exposes the often-ignored harm: over-diagnosis.

Speaker(s): Dr. H Gilbert Welch (Dartmouth), John Fallon (BCBS), Kenneth Lin (Georgetown), Deb Bowen (SPH)
When
Friday, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:30am until 12:00pm on Friday, Oct 28, 2011
Where
670 Albany Street (First floor auditorium Boston University Medical Campus)
Who
Open to General Public
Admission is free
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