From cutting down the use of antibiotics to unnecessary lab tests and scans, how can we support patients and staff to consider and accept that less may be better? This episode explores overmedicalisation and some of the reasons why accepting less may be better can be hard for staff and systems in healthcare today, as well as:

• How do we know what to reduce or add into the system?
• Where are the trade-offs between policies, processes and patient expectations?
• The importance of trust in staff-patient relationships and how health literacy affects patient expectations 

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