Faking illness is perfectly all right, as long as it is only to validate your application for leave of absence at your school or workplace. But it is no longer okay when you want (or are made) to get this ‘invited’ fever treated, especially with sophisticated medical tests. Because it is now a scenario of ‘medical overuse’ which is no longer your personal problem but a larger healthcare issue. This is a clear example of over-diagnosis and overtreatment, both of which are covered under the umbrella of ‘medical overuse’. On the other hand, it is not always easy to identify medical overuse individually; defining and identifying overuse has been recognised as a complex process even by medical researchers.

Source: The Hindu November 11, 2017 18:33 UTC