Screening in disease prevention : What works?

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Screening for disease has become a widely accepted concept in health care. "Screening in Disease Prevention" takes a critical look at the practice of screening throughout the various stages of life. The book highlights three current challenges: the increasing consumer, media and commercial focus on health in general and screening in particular; providing accurate and understandable information; and tackling the continuing variation in the uptake of screening between different areas of the country and different socio-economic groups. "Screening in Disease Prevention" is important reading for public health professionals, particularly those involved in screening programmes. Policy makers and shapers, medical researchers, pressure groups and support organisations for people with screenable conditions will also find it a valuable reference. … celý popis

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Hlavní autor

Walter W. Holland, 1929-2018

Další autoři

Susie Stewart
Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Typ dokumentu

Knihy

Fyzický popis

ix, 168 s. ; 25 cm

Vydáno

Oxford : Radcliffe Publishing, 2005

Témata

radiologie, nukleární medicína a zobrazovací metody

lékařství

plošný screening

patologické procesy > prevence a kontrola

věkové faktory

Spojené království

monografie

Popis jednotky

This book is a co-publication between The Nuffield Trust and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

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ISBN

1-85775-770-X