Crazy about science: About overdiagnosis

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Ph D Alexandra Brandt Ryborg Jønsson and Professor John Brodersen on Danes' use of pills When is someone actually sick, and who decides that? Medical technology is becoming increasingly sensitive, and at the same time the boundaries of what counts as illness are being pushed. This can lead to overdiagnosis, where more and more people are unnecessarily made patients without making them healthier or giving them a better life. This is not only costly for society, but also a waste of scarce healthcare resources. Ph D Alexandra Brandt Ryborg Jønsson and Professor John Brodersen are behind the book "Soon we will all be patients", where they delve into overdiagnosis from a medical and social science perspective. In this lecture on overdiagnosis, they take the book as their starting point and explain what overdiagnosis is, why it occurs, and what consequences it has for the individual and for society. About Crazy about Science Vild med videnskab is a series of professional lectures at Kvarterhuset. - Date: 10 November 2026 - Time: 19:00–21:00 - Venue: Sundby Bibliotek - Address: Kvarterhuset, Jemtelandsgade 3, Copenhagen S, Denmark - Admission: Free