Open AccessScreening in Public Health and Clinical Care: Similarities and Differences in Definitions, Types, and Aims – A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Mark Speechley,
Abraham Kunnilathu,
Eby Aluckal,
Maravanji S. Balakrishna,
Benoy Mathew,
Eldhose K George
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24811.9419
Subject(s) - terminology , public health , epidemiology , medicine , confusion , medline , scopus , family medicine , health care , psychology , political science , pathology , philosophy , linguistics , psychoanalysis , law
The concept of screening can be many times misleading to many people. This may be partly due to the way screening is described and explained in textbooks and journal articles.