Screening: Evidence and practice Pdf

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Edition: 1
Release: 2007-10-04
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0199214492
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Screening pdf
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Screening is the routine testing of populations to identify individuals who may have a particular medical condition or disease. It is carried out by both government and private organisations with the aims of: better prognosis/outcome for individuals; to protect society from contagious disease; to allow rational allocation of resources; to allow selection of healthy individuals; and for research purposes. About £500 million is spent on screening each year in Britain alone, and it is an issue that has relevance in health systems and for the general public and media.

For many years, screening was practised without debate, but in the 1960s serious challenges were raised about standard screening procedures. Benefits of screening must be judged against negative side-effects, and concern was raised about potential and actual harm arising when people without a health problem received dangerous and unnecessary investigations and treatments as a result of 'routine' screening tests. Contr Download Screening for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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