Risk prediction in medicine and surgery: ethical and practical considerations.
Risk prediction is a subject of increasing clinical interest, and publications in this area are likely to have an important influence on patient care in the near future. A multiplicity of risk prediction systems, many of them computer-based, will raise a number of ethical and practical questions. These questions need to be addressed by the originators of systems, the editors of journals, practising clinicians, and the lay public.
University Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cardiff Royal Infirmary.
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D035843:Biomedical Research; D000075202:Contraindications; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D018579:Patient Selection; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D028761:Withholding Treatment