Talk:Iatrogenic artifact

misleading
I believe this term is Original Research as an Iatrogenic illness is not a disease "made up" by a doctor but rather a treatment-caused condition. --Mattisse 02:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

The context of "Iatrogenic artifact" I am familar with is findings on Imaging studies (CT, Xray, Ultrasound etc etc) which are attributable to a medical or surgical procedure, be it for treatment, diagnosis or whatever. More or less what you were suggesting. However I am told by someone with a psych background that the term has been used to describe clinical presentations which do not have a "real" underlying disease or pathology but are believed to represent a real condition....somewhat similar to what the article describes but far from complete (ignoring the other definition) and somewhat misleading.

The "Iatrogenic" page has similar problems.

HTH, first contribution on wiki.Psi ko 1984 13:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I added a couple of usage references but did not find anything supporting part of the text which I removed. I also removed the misleading. 14:29, 7 January 2008 (UTC)