Letters
New deal on disease definition
Diseases: on a continuum rather than discrete entities
BMJ 2011; 342 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d3363 (Published 31 May 2011) Cite this as: BMJ 2011;342:d3363
- Jonathan D Sleath, general practitioner1
- 1Kingstone, Hereford HR2 9HN, UK
- jonathan.sleath{at}nhs.net
Many of the problems associated with the changing definitions of diseases stem from the fact that the great majority of diseases are really pathological processes that exist on a continuum …
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