Preventive interventions may have few or unproven benefits, or they may even be harmful.
Since three of the fundamental precepts of Western biomedical ethics are beneficence, non …

Before they participate in a screening program, patients must give informed consent. To do
so, they need to understand the risk of a false positive result and the invasive procedures …

“If a patient asks a medical practitioner for help, the doctor does the best he can. He is not
responsible for defects in medical knowledge. If, however, the practitioner initiates screening …

Some experts have argued that patients should routinely be told the specific magnitude and
absolute probability of potential risks and benefits of screening tests. This position is …

Harm caused by preventive programs may be physical, psychological, social or, if informed
consent has not been obtained, ethical. Adverse effects of preventive screening programs …

Background The process of obtaining informed consent, whether a written document or an
oral communication is one means of ensuring that patients understand the risks and benefits …

Providing preventive services to apparently healthy individuals in clinical settings is such a
ubiquitous part of primary care practice that it is easy to forget that the concept is less than …

Adult preventive sendees are not routinely provided in primary care practices. 1-7 This is not
because of a lack of knowledge or because of disagreement in principle. Guidelines on …

Before a physician or a patient can decide whether a preventive program is worth while,
each must understand the nature and degree of its benefits and the frequency and …

In 1974, The Lancet published a landmark scries of 19 articles on screening for disease. 1
Since then, physicians have been presented with authoritative preventive recom mendations …