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Screening: when things go wrong.

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Preventive screening has the potential to make otherwise healthy people sick.[1][1] Every day in practice, family physicians perform interventions intended to benefit patients, but which might also cause harm. This concept is well understood for surgery and other invasive procedures, where risks are

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Authors: James A Dickinson, Nicholas Pimlott, Roland Grad, Harminder Singh, Olga Szafran, Brenda J Wilson, Stéphane Groulx, Guylène Thériault, Neil R Bell

Institutions: University of Calgary, University of Toronto, McGill University, CancerCare Manitoba, University of Manitoba, University of Alberta, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Université de Sherbrooke

Language: English

Topic: Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2891320214

FWCI: 2.918

Cites: 31

Cited by: 33

Related to: 10