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{{WikipediaQuote |URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iatrogenesis |title=Iatrogenesis}}<blockquote>'''IattrogenicIatrogenesis''' is the causation of a disease, a harmful complication, or other ill effect by any medical activity, including diagnosis, intervention, error, or negligence.<ref name=":0">{{REFweb |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iatrogenic |title=Iatrogenic |website=merriam-webster.com |accessdate=2022-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{REFbook |DOI=10.1016/B978-0-7020-4588-2.00056-5 |last=Barr |first=John O. |init=JO |last2=Kauffman |first2=Timothy L. |init2=TL |chapter=Iatrogenesis in older adults |editors=Timothy L. Kauffman, Ron Scott, John O. Barr & Michael L. Moran |title=A Comprehensive Guide to Geriatric Rehabilitation |edition=3 |location=Edinburgh |publisher=Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier |year=2014}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb |date=2014-12-11 |title=Intervention Mistakes and How to Avoid Them |url=https://www.addictionhelper.com/advice/intervention-mistakes-avoid/ |accessdate=2021-02-03 |website=Addiction Helper}}</ref> First used in this sense in 1924,<ref name=":0" /> the term was introduced to sociology in 1976 by Ivan Illich, alleging that industrialized societies impair quality of life by overmedicalizing life.<ref name=":1">{{REFweb |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/iatrogenesis |title=iatrogenesis |publisher=A Dictionary of Sociology |website=Encyclopedia.com |date=2020-05-31}}</ref> Iatrogenesis may thus include mental suffering via medical beliefs or a practitioner's statements.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{REFbook |last=Kuhl |first=David |init=D |title=What Dying People Want: Practical Wisdom for the End of Life |location=New York |publisher=PublicAffairs |year=2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfiLuC7a47sC&pg=PA55&dq=iatrogenic+suffering |page=55}}</ref><ref>{{REFbook |last=Lazarsfeld |first=Paul F. |init=PF |chapter=Working with Merton |editor=Lewis A. Cosar |title=The Idea of Social Structure: Papers in Honor of Robert K. Merton |location=New Brunswick, {{USSC|NJ}} |publisher=Transaction Publishers |year=2012 |REM=New York: [[Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich|Harcourt Brace Jovanovich]], 1975) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ByFhcDveoK0C&q=iatrogenesis |pages=328–9}}</ref> Some iatrogenic events are obvious, like amputation of the wrong limb, whereas others, like drug interactions, can evade recognition. In a 2013 estimate, about 20&nbsp;million negative effects from treatment had occurred globally.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 |first=Collaborators |date=2015-08-22 |title=Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 |journal=Lancet |volume=386 |issue=9995 |pages=743–800 |DOI=10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60692-4 |pubmedCID=4561509 |pubmedID=26063472}}</ref> In 2013, an estimated 142,000 persons died from adverse effects of medical treatment, up from an estimated 94,000 in 1990.<ref name="GDB2013">{{REFjournal |last=GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death |first=Collaborators |date=2014-12-17 |title=Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 |journal=Lancet |volume=385 |issue=9963 |pages=117–71 |DOI=10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61682-2 |pubmedCID=4340604 |pubmedID=25530442}}</ref></blockquote> '''Iatrogenic''' is a word applied to "any adverse condition in a patient resulting from treatment by a physician, nurse, or allied health professional."<ref>{{REFweb

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