Grosslight G M
Aust Fam Physician. 1980 Jan;9(1):17-9.
There still exists a strong bias against health screening amongst the medical profession. The strongest objections stem from the belief that the costs are prohibitive, and that the yield of practical information is not worth the effort. This is certainly open to debate. Screening, however, is a very useful preventive tool and the information which is stored in computers reveals a goldmine of important epidemiological data. Coordinated examination of large groups of the population reduces the possibility of a non-representative sample, and allows for health patterns and disease trends to become manifest. The benefits to the individual become obvious once the potential of doctor to patient education held in the screening information is disseminated appropriately and effectively.
医学界对健康筛查仍存在强烈偏见。最强烈的反对意见源于这样一种信念，即成本过高，且实用信息的产出不值得付出努力。这当然值得商榷。然而，筛查是一种非常有用的预防工具，存储在计算机中的信息揭示了重要流行病学数据的宝库。对大量人群进行协调检查可减少非代表性样本的可能性，并使健康模式和疾病趋势显现出来。一旦筛查信息中医生对患者教育的潜力得到适当且有效地传播，对个人的益处就会变得明显。
