Background Maternal distress can have adverse health outcomes for mothers and their
children. Antenatal interventions may reduce maternal distress. Objective To assess the …

In Explaining Cancer, Anya Plutynski addresses a variety of philosophical questions that
arise in the context of cancer science and medicine. She begins with the following …

The recognition that we cannot use risk stratification (high, medium, low) to predict suicide or
to allocate resources has led to a paradigm shift in suicide prevention efforts. There are …

Geoffrey Rose's prevention paradox points to a tension between two prima facie plausible
moral principles: that we should save the greater number and that we should save the most …

Geçen yüzyılın ikinci yarısı boyunca dünya, bulaşıcı hastalıkların önlenmesi ve kontrolünde
büyük başarılar elde etmiştir. Erken ölümlerin başarıyla önlenmesi ve insanların daha uzun …

Objectives: Studies on the potential association of socioeconomic status with iodine supply
and the risk for thyroid disorders from developed countries are sparse. Socioeconomic …

In 2010 a series of workshops on philosophical and methodological issues in epidemiology
was held at the University of Cambridge. The papers in this volume arise from those …

The focus of this chapter will be on the epistemic and normative questions at issue in
debates about cancer screening, with a special focus on mammography as a case study …

Establishing the effectiveness of medical treatments is one of the most important aspects of
medical practice. Bradford Hill's viewpoints play an important role in inferring causality in …

Geoffrey Rose's 'prevention paradox'occurs when a population‐based preventative health
measure that brings large benefits to the community–such as compulsory seatbelts, a 'fat …