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The Ethics of Screening in Health Care and Medicine

Niklas Juth · 2012

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Medical or health-oriented screening programs are amongst the most debated aspects of health care and public health practices in health care and public health ethics, as well as health policy discussions. In spite of this, most treatments of screening in the research literature restrict themselves to isolated scientific aspects, sometimes complemented by economic analyses or loose speculations regarding policy aspects. At the same time, recent advances in medical genetics and technology, as well as a rapidly growing societal focus on public health concerns, inspires an increase in suggested or.

Book details

Year
2012
Language
English
Series
International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine -- 51
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Editions
2
Pages
180
ISBN
9789400720442

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