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Overselling hysteria
Author(s) -
Traish Abdulmaged M,
Vance Jay C,
Morgentaler Abraham
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201643642
Subject(s) - hysteria , psychology , psychoanalysis
There are numerous examples of when the media grossly exaggerated the risk of medical treatments to the detriment of public health and health care. What are the causes of such ‘medical hysteria’ and what could prevent it?