title: Role of fear in overdiagnosis and overtreatment--an essay by Iona Heath.
authors.affiliation: London, UK iona.heath22@yahoo.co.uk.
authors.forename: Iona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Heath
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000523:psychology*; D004194:Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D035501:Uncertainty; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000523:psychology*