Whither scientific deliberation in health policy recommendations? Alice in the Wonderland of breast-cancer screening

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1180-1183

  Fletcher, Suzanne W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DISSENT; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALES; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES, NIH; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIA; MASS SCREENING; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030907910     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199704173361612     Document Type: Review

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