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HuckleB

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7. Specialists can be narrowly focused, but...

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #2)

Thu May 31, 2012, 11:12 PM

May 2012

... not so narrowly focused as your classic alt/cam practitioner. I'd like to see some research on the effect of scam care practitioners on "overdiagnosis."

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Overdiagnosis poses significant threat to human health [View all] Celebration May 2012 OP

It also causes people to look down on those with disorders Drale May 2012 #1

I learned early that this is a HUGE problem flamingdem May 2012 #2

Specialists can be narrowly focused, but... HuckleB May 2012 #7

Insurance companies secretly LOVE this trend because kestrel91316 May 2012 #3

Fee for service? Ron Obvious May 2012 #4

I was dubious about the statement, but the Dartmouth Institute does seem hedgehog May 2012 #5

This is a worthy area of study. HuckleB May 2012 #6

I thought the same thing. trotsky Jun 2012 #8

+1 laconicsax Jun 2012 #9

public funds don't pay for supplements Celebration Jun 2012 #10

Do public funds pay for red herrings? trotsky Jun 2012 #12

why is overtreatment the issue? Celebration Jun 2012 #14

Follow the money, indeed. trotsky Jun 2012 #15

except...................it's not much of a problem Celebration Jun 2012 #16

Again, allow me to return you to the subject of this thread: trotsky Jun 2012 #17

you must not have read it all Celebration Jun 2012 #18

You are 1) wrong and 2) doing a bait-n-switch. trotsky Jun 2012 #19

Hardly Celebration Jun 2012 #20

Answer two simple questions. trotsky Jun 2012 #21

that's too easy Celebration Jun 2012 #22

Perfect. trotsky Jun 2012 #23

Not at all Celebration Jun 2012 #24

And red herrings, for sure! n/t trotsky Jun 2012 #25

Overdiagnosis, overtreatment, overmedication are all SheilaT Jun 2012 #11

Good point flamingdem Jun 2012 #13