HSS 3332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lead Time, Overdiagnosis, Mammography
16 Oct 2016
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Dominant view that we have to find an illness and classify to a system i. e. nervous system. Looking for physical explanations for the cause of the illness. Looked at how we label illness and what is the exchange between the patient and the doctor. The exchange of words creates a different view of medicine and the progression of an illness. What is the matter with you vs. where does it hurt. The point is to distinguish an illness from another one to predict a course and treat an illness. Better screening, to possibly change the progression of disease. Use serum in the lab to detect changes in an individual. Look at high or low values of rbcs and wbcs. Red blood cells changes could be influencing whether or not the tissues are getting the oxygen they need: endoscopy. Tubular device with a light and camera on the end. Moved in body passage to see inside an organ.
