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To screen or not to screen: that is the ethical question

Niklas Juth and Christian Munthe: The ethics of screening in health care and medicine—serving society or serving the patient? International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine, Volume 51. Springer, Berlin, 2012, 175 p, €99.95, ISBN 978-94-007-2044-2

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Louhiala, P. To screen or not to screen: that is the ethical question. Med Health Care and Philos 16, 623–625 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-012-9396-6

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