Psychosocial Effects of Screening for Disease Prevention and Detection

by Robert T. Croyle

As screening programs for HIV, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, genetic abnormalities and other risk factors continue to proliferate, difficult questions are continually raised concerning the psychological and behavioral effects on the participants. Although members of the public health community have debated the costs and benefits of screening programs for over three decades, these questions have become especially pertinent with the current...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195075560
• ISBN13: 9780195075564
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"