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Do psychological harms result from being labelled with an unexpected diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm or prostate cancer through screening? A systematic review

OBJECTIVE: A potential psychological harm of screening is unexpected diagnosis—labelling. We need to know the frequency and severity of this harm to make informed decisions about screening. We asked whether current evidence allows an estimate of any psychological harm of labelling. As case studies,...

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Autores principales: Cotter, Anne R, Vuong, Kim, Mustelin, Linda L, Yang, Yi, Rakhmankulova, Malika, Barclay, Colleen J, Harris, Russell P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5728272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29237653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017565