The government is putting pressure on commissioners and in turn general practitioners, to make more diagnoses of dementia. But no analysis has been done to assess the harm that these targets could cause. Dr Martin Brunet, a GP from Surrey, says that "medicine depends on a fundamental, unspoken agreement between patients and doctors [] the only factor influencing the decision to diagnose should be the best interests of patients". He adds that the idea of doctors ...
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