Screening : evidence and practice

Screening : evidence and practice / Angela E. Raffle, J.A. Muir Gray.

Screening is the routine testing of populations to identify individuals who may have a particular medical condition or disease. This book covers the theory and evidence behind screening, and serves as a practical, non-technical introduction to the subject, for public health practitioners involved in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raffle, Angela E.
Other Authors: Gray, J. A. Muir (John Armstrong Muir)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Medical screening.
Medical policy.
Organization.
Health services administration.
Diagnostic services.
Social psychology.
Diagnosis.
Public health.
Medical care.
Social control.
National health services.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Statistics > Methodology.
social psychology.
diagnosis.
public health.
social sciences.
sociology.
Sociology
Social sciences
Social psychology
Social control
Public health
Organization
National health services
Medical policy
Medical care
Health services administration
Diagnostic services
Diagnosis
Medical screening
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Table of Contents:
  • How screening started
  • What screening is, and is not
  • What screening does
  • Measuring what screening does
  • Implementing screening
  • Quality assuring screening programmes
  • Day to day management of screening for public health practitioners and programme managers
  • Making screening policy.

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