Pretest counselling and informed consent should be prerequisites
- 20 January 1996
- Vol. 312 (7024) , 182-183
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7024.182c
Abstract
EDITOR,—Neonatal screening is justifiable if the individual screening tests have been assessed against criteria of suitability.1 For its implementation to be ethical, however, a further component is required: adequate pretest counselling and informed consent. Neonatal screening has potential for rapid expansion, yet there is little evidence that even those tests recently included in …Keywords
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