Title Screening : evidence and practice / Angela E. Raffle, J.A. Muir Gray

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) : illustrations Contents How screening started -- What screening is, and is not -- What screening does -- Measuring what screening does -- Implementing screening -- Quality assuring screening programmes -- Day to day management of screening for public health practitioners and programme managers -- Making screening policy Summary Screening is the routine testing of populations to identify individuals who may have a particular medical condition or disease. This book covers the theory and evidence behind screening, and serves as a practical, non-technical introduction to the subject, for public health practitioners involved in all aspects of screening Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index Subject Medical screening. Medical policy. Organization. Health services administration. Diagnostic services. Social psychology. Diagnosis. Public health. Medical care. Social control. National health services. Social sciences. Sociology. Statistics -- Methodology Health Policy Mass Screening Organization and Administration Ethics Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures Health Services Administration Health Surveys Public Policy Diagnostic Services Morals Public Health Practice Data Collection Psychology, Social Social Control Policies Preventive Health Services Diagnosis Public Health Delivery of Health Care Epidemiologic Methods Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Policy Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Environment and Public Health Social Control, Formal Health Services Community Health Services Social Sciences Psychiatry and Psychology Quality of Health Care Health Care Economics and Organizations Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services Sociology Investigative Techniques Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Patient Care social psychology. diagnosis. public health. social sciences. sociology. Sociology Social sciences Social psychology Social control Public health Organization National health services Medical policy Medical care Health services administration Diagnostic services Diagnosis Medical screening Form Electronic book Author Gray, J. A. Muir (John Armstrong Muir) ISBN 0199214492 9780199214495 9780191723742 0191723746

ABBREV TI Screening

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