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by AdamSteel 2762 days ago
There's a simple and very obvious solution to this - just don't do any treatment you deem unnecessary or excessive.

Treat anything unambiguously threatening, and just keep an eye on anything else.

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That doesn't solve stress for patient, who now keeps wondering whether or not that Thing is a ticking time bomb. It also doesn't solve the legal risk created by the off chance the Thing actually does develop into a health problem later on.