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Mapping Weak Signals

Inspired by: FP7 » Increasing Self-Medication

version: 2 / updated: 2009-11-30
id: #462 / version id: #29
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Originally submitted by: Cornelia Daheim
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Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

IDEAS: Interdisciplinary

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)

Increasing Self-Medication

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)

Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)

Due to rising costs, doctors are less often being consulted, but patients medicate themselves. The probability of undetected diseases and risks for overdoses rise.

Keywords

self-medication, consultation, diseases, overdoses, patients

Signal's first apperance

2000-2005

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...

	issue	type of issue/development	potential impact on society	timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1	WI: A high number of people dies of overdoses after self-medication.	continuation	very harmful	now-2025

Under what assumption the Weak Signal might evolve.

further cutbacks in public health care

Importance

		please specify
	please select	please specify
Level 2: important for a particular world region		mainly USA and EU

Progress: 47.92% WWI-WE Version: 2
0	mandatory questions pending
19	questions total
8	questions answered
8	questions completed
11	questions pending