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Is Too Much Testing and Treatment Making us Sick?

2016/5/30
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Panel discussion with audience Q&A on the topic of Wiser Healthcare

We all want to be able to get good healthcare when we need it. But what would it mean to provide and consume healthcare wisely? This panel discussion with Dr Iona Heath considers a radical idea: that sometimes wiser healthcare means less healthcare. Or at least, less healthcare for people who don’t need it, so we can give more healthcare to people who do.