Criticism of early screening. Post-truth in medicine

Authors

  • Alberto Gironés-Muriel Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Moraleja

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v10i4.45

Keywords:

colonoscopy, screening

Abstract

Question the screening or early diagnosis of cancer as a paradigm of well-done medicine. This article can be considered a criticism of medicine carried out through protocols and without a serious analysis of the different tools that mathematics offers through epidemiology and statistics.

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Published

2020-09-10

How to Cite

Gironés-Muriel, A. (2020). Criticism of early screening. Post-truth in medicine. Revista Electrónica AnestesiaR, 10(4), 2. https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v10i4.45