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Health checks in general practice: another example of inverse care?
OBJECTIVE To assess attendance at and the characteristics of patients attending health checks for cardiovascular disease offered in a general practice over a period of five years (1984-9). DESIGN Medical record audit and postal questionnaire survey. SETTING One general practice in Oxfordshire with a socially diverse population. PARTICIPANTS 1101 Men and 1110 women aged 35-64 registered wi...
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know that prevention is better than cure but it's still the bit of general practice I have always enjoyed least. It's hard to be motivated by something not happening. It's easier to be motivated by screening, where the aim is to detect early-stage disease and there is often compelling evidence for the effectiveness of treatment. But GP enthusiasm for prevention has been dampened by ill-conceive...
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We check our cars regularly, so why shouldn’t we also check our bodies so that we can find and treat abnormalities before they cause too much harm? It seems so easy, but the human body is not a car, and, in contrast to a car, it has self healing properties. Actually, the first thing we know about screening is that it will cause harm in some people. This is why we need randomised trials to find ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.300.6738.1526-b