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comparative more iatrogenic, superlative most iatrogenic
(medicine, of a disease, injury, or other adverse outcome) Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure. quotations examples
Another group argues that the diagnosis is being overused and that many of the diagnosed cases are iatrogenic, or unintentionally shaped or caused by the practitioner
2003, Michael L. Raulin, Abnormal Psychology, Pearson Education, Inc., page 494