Is the Politics of Health different from the politics of other policy domains ?
Daniel Carpenter has his perspective. dash.harvard.edu/server/api/c...
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Recommendation : by Welch and Black (2010)
''Screening programs must be evaluated for their ability to reduce mortality, not just increase diagnosis rates''.
Detection of biologically insignificant cancers can lead to unnecessary treatments. 3/3
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Lesson: ' The assumption that early detection universally improves outcomes is flawed ' Welch and Black (2010) suggest so. 2/3
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According to Welch and Black (2010) , screening doesn't always reduce mortality. Emphasis: while screening increases the detection of early-stage cancers, it does not always translate to fewer late-stage cancers or reduced mortality. 1/3
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