Ethics of screening

S. S. Coughlin

doi:10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00116-7

Ethics of screening

S. S. Coughlin

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Abstract

Screening is the presumptive identification of an unrecognized disease or condition by the use of tests, examinations, or other procedures that can help apparently well individuals who have a disease or disease precursor. Several frameworks for analyzing and addressing ethical and policy issues in public health screening programs have been proposed. Screening raises a number of important ethical issues, including provisions for obtaining informed consent, protecting privacy and confidentiality, and balancing risks and potential benefits, and issues pertaining to targeted screening of higher-risk persons. Other ethical considerations relate to costs and how best to allocate finite public resources for screening.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of Public Health
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	503-508
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9780123739605
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00116-7
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ethics
Genetics
Screening

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Dentistry
General Medicine

UN SDGs

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Ethics of screening

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