What the public learns about screening and diagnostic tests through the media

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 324-326

  Wilson, Amanda J ^a   Robertson, Jane ^a   Ewald, Benjamin D ^a   Henry, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; LOW RISK POPULATION; MASS MEDIUM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; VALIDITY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; MASS SCREENING; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MASS MEDIA; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84871885094     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.11504     Document Type: Article

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