THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT MEDICAL SCREENING

Re: THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT MEDICAL SCREENING

by Deleted user -
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I agree with you guys. considering the fact that screening is a preventive measure in medicine and it can reduce the risk of having a particular disease ,it comes with alot of disadvantages considering the recent controversial issue of breast cancer sreening when trying to identify people at risk,you might over diagnose to treat people for disease they do not have.Even before being tested the patient already has this "fear of the unknown" so being positive or negative either increase or get rid the psychological effect.