The ethical principles of avoiding harm and supporting autonomy are relevant to cancer-screening policy. We argue that more attention needs to be given to implementing them. Cancer screening may deliver excessive harms due to low-value or outdated screening programs and from poorly communicated screening options that leave people with heavy burdens of decision-making. Autonomy is inadequately supported due to limited opportunities for people to understand downsides of screening and because of institutional and societal pressures in favour of screening. Members of screening policy committees may have differing ideas about the goals of screening or have conflicts of interest that prevent them from addressing policy questions in a neutral way....
Objectives Cancer screening guidelines differ in their recommendations for or against screening. To ...
In recent years medical ethics has become an undisputed part of medical studies. Many people believe...
Introduction It is increasingly considered important that people make an autonomous and informed dec...
pre-printNovember 2009's announcement of the USPSTF's recommendations for screening for breast cance...
November 2009’s announcement of the USPSTF’s recommendations for screening for breast cancer raised ...
This thesis is about screening for cancer—about testing healthy individuals for disease. The traditi...
Screening for cancer or cancer risk is well-established in high-income countries. This article consi...
Experts have called for more attention to the politics, communication and ethics of screening, but t...
Informed decision-making (IDM) is considered an important ethical and legal requirement for populati...
Cancer screening is widely practiced and participation is promoted by various social, technical, and...
The history of cancer screening has demonstrated that the case for cancer screening is not straightf...
International audienceBackground: The French national cancer institute (INCa) conducted a series of ...
Screening for cancer or cancer risk is well-established in high-income countries. This article consi...
For cancer screening programmes to bring about reductions in mortality, a substantial proportion of ...
INTRODUCTION:It is increasingly considered important that people make an autonomous and informed dec...
Objectives Cancer screening guidelines differ in their recommendations for or against screening. To ...
In recent years medical ethics has become an undisputed part of medical studies. Many people believe...
Introduction It is increasingly considered important that people make an autonomous and informed dec...
pre-printNovember 2009's announcement of the USPSTF's recommendations for screening for breast cance...
November 2009’s announcement of the USPSTF’s recommendations for screening for breast cancer raised ...
This thesis is about screening for cancer—about testing healthy individuals for disease. The traditi...
Screening for cancer or cancer risk is well-established in high-income countries. This article consi...
Experts have called for more attention to the politics, communication and ethics of screening, but t...
Informed decision-making (IDM) is considered an important ethical and legal requirement for populati...
Cancer screening is widely practiced and participation is promoted by various social, technical, and...
The history of cancer screening has demonstrated that the case for cancer screening is not straightf...
International audienceBackground: The French national cancer institute (INCa) conducted a series of ...
Screening for cancer or cancer risk is well-established in high-income countries. This article consi...
For cancer screening programmes to bring about reductions in mortality, a substantial proportion of ...
INTRODUCTION:It is increasingly considered important that people make an autonomous and informed dec...
Objectives Cancer screening guidelines differ in their recommendations for or against screening. To ...
In recent years medical ethics has become an undisputed part of medical studies. Many people believe...
Introduction It is increasingly considered important that people make an autonomous and informed dec...