Risk associated with medical interventions and medical errors - Adverse effects of prescription drugs or vaccines - Overuse of drugs (causing, for example, antibiotic resistance in bacteria) - Prescription drug interaction - Incorrect prescription, perhaps due to illegible handwriting or computer typos - Faulty procedures, techniques, information, methods, or equipment - Negligence - Hospital-acquired infections

Causes and consequences of iatrogenesis - Iatrogenic conditions resulting from medical treatments - Incidence of iatrogenesis may be misleading in some cases - Actual negligence or faulty procedures - Negligence leading to mistrust between patients and providers - Adverse effects of drugs and vaccines

Adverse effects of medical treatment - Drug interactions and allergic reactions - Evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria - Toxic effects of certain drugs and vaccines - Mechanical adverse effects due to outdated surgical instruments - Psychiatric misdiagnosis and iatrogenic complications

Iatrogenic poverty - Impoverishment induced by medical care - Catastrophic health expenditure leading to poverty - Health care expenses causing personal bankruptcies - Vicious cycle of illness, ineffective therapies, and indebtedness - Lack of regulatory and protective capacity in some countries

Social and cultural iatrogenesis - Clinical iatrogenesis: injury done to patients by ineffective treatments - Social iatrogenesis: medicalization of life and unrealistic health demands - Cultural iatrogenesis: destruction of traditional ways of dealing with health - Medical education contributing to medicalization of society - Iatrogenic poverty as a manifestation of social iatrogenesis