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Maximising benefit and minimising harm of screening.

Gray JAM., Patnick J., Blanks RG.

Gordon Brown has pledged to increase screening services in the NHS. Muir Gray, Julietta Patnick, and Roger Blanks show how experience with the UK breast screening programme can help ensure that they are effective

More information Original publication

DOI

10.1136/bmj.39470.643218.94

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2008-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

336

Pages

480 - 483

Total pages

Keywords

Breast Neoplasms, Decision Making, Female, Harm Reduction, Health Policy, Humans, Mass Screening, Program Evaluation, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Sensitivity and Specificity, State Medicine, United Kingdom