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01.08.2013 | Review Article

To screen or not to screen: that is the ethical question

Niklas Juth and Christian Munthe: The ethics of screening in health care and medicine—serving society or serving the patient? International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine, Volume 51. Springer, Berlin, 2012, 175 p, €99.95, ISBN 978-94-007-2044-2

verfasst von: Pekka Louhiala

Erschienen in: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy | Ausgabe 3/2013

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“Plans to make Denmark a Down syndrome-free perfect society.” “US task force decides against PSA screening.” These are two recent examples of headlines dealing with some form of screening in medicine. The basic idea of screening differs from the traditional ethos of medicine, in which an individual approaches a professional with a problem related to his or her health. In screening, the initiative comes from the society or some organisation within that society. …

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Titel: To screen or not to screen: that is the ethical question
Niklas Juth and Christian Munthe: The ethics of screening in health care and medicine—serving society or serving the patient? International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine, Volume 51. Springer, Berlin, 2012, 175 p, €99.95, ISBN 978-94-007-2044-2
verfasst von: Pekka Louhiala
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2013
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy / Ausgabe 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1386-7423
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-8633
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-012-9396-6

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