The ethics of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in men
| Autor: | Roger Brownsword, Jonothan J Earnshaw |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Psychological intervention Aneurysm Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) medicine Humans Mass Screening Ethics Medical cardiovascular diseases Stage (cooking) Aged Informed Consent Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm business.industry Health Policy Perioperative medicine.disease United Kingdom Abdominal aortic aneurysm Surgery Clinical trial Issues ethics and legal aspects cardiovascular system Population screening business Aortic Aneurysm Abdominal |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Ethics. 36:827-830 |
| ISSN: | 0306-6800 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jme.2010.035519 |
| Popis: | Approximately 6000 men die every year from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in England and Wales. Randomised clinical trials and a large pilot study have shown that ultrasound screening of men aged 65emsp14;years can prevent about half of these deaths. However, there is a significant perioperative morbidity and mortality from interventions to repair the detected aneurysm. This paper explores the ethical issues of screening men for abdominal aortic aneurysm. It is concluded that a population screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysm offers a clear balance of good over harm. It is therefore ethically justified, as long as men are given adequate information at every stage of the process. Each man has the right to be properly informed, regardless of whether he accepts the invitation to be screened and, if an aneurysm is detected, whether or not he accepts treatment. |
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