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.
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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