Is opportunistic disease prevention in the consultation ethically justifiable?

Clinical inertia in implementation of preventive medical guidelines should not necessarily be taken as a sign of low quality care. It is time to reconsider the extent to which specific, opportunistic initiatives to prevent disease among asymptomatic individuals should remain a core element of everyd...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 2003-08, Vol.327 (7413), p.498-500
Hauptverfasser:	Getz, Linn, Sigurdsson, Johann A, Hetlevik, Irene
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Cancer screening Colorectal cancer Disease Education And Debate General populations General practice Genetic screening Guideline Adherence Health care Humans Inertia Mass Screening - organization & administration Medical practice Medical sciences Opportunistic behavior Patient Advocacy Patients Physician patient relationships Practice Guidelines as Topic Predisposing factors Prevention and actions Preventive medicine Preventive Medicine - ethics Primary Health Care Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Risk Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	Clinical inertia in implementation of preventive medical guidelines should not necessarily be taken as a sign of low quality care. It is time to reconsider the extent to which specific, opportunistic initiatives to prevent disease among asymptomatic individuals should remain a core element of everyday consultations in Western medicine.
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.327.7413.498