Misconceptions about screening

Format: Nederlands

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Language/s: 3-3 Are the treatments practical in your setting?

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Resource Link: Visit the Website

Target Audience: 2-8 Consider all of the relevant fair comparisons

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2-7 All should be followed up

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Short Description:

Screening should not be for everyone or all diseases. It should only be offered when it is likely to do good than harm.

Key Concepts addressed:

• Comparisons: are they fair and reliable?

Details

There’s a huge amount of discussion about screening programmes from celebrities, campaigners and emotive media case studies. Unfortunately, a lot of this discussion is filled with misconceptions, misinformation and unrealistic expectations of what screening programmes are and what they can deliver. This has real lasting implications for patients and healthcare professionals.