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Meanings of disease mongering in English

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disease mongering

Pejorative term for the practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses and aggressively promoting their public awareness in order to expand the markets for treatment.

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Usage of disease mongering in English
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It also touches on broader issues such as over-medicalisation, over-treatment and disease mongering and the effect they can have on essentially healthy individuals.
The Irish Times