Screening

Muir Gray and Angela Raffle have been at the forefront of achieving improvements in UK screening over recent years, and they bring a wealth of experience to this non-technical, introductory guide to all aspects of screening. The first section deals with concepts, methods and evidence, explaining what screening is and how it is evaluated. The second section describes practical aspects, for example how to make policy and how to deliver it to a high standard. It includes many examples and real-life case histories, a glossary to make medical terms accessible to the non-medic, and each chapter concludes with a summary and self-test questions. Reference is made to the NHS, a leader in screening, but the book remains internationally relevant as the principles of screening are applicable in any setting. The controversies, paradoxes, uncertainties, and ethical dilemmas of screening are explained in a balanced way.Raffle, Angela E. is the author of 'Screening', published 2007 under ISBN 9780199214495 and ISBN 0199214492.