The modification of cardiovascular risk factors: ethical issues.
Attempts to modify risk factors raise ethical questions. The ethical dimensions are heightened by uncertainties in the risk factor data base, the application of hypothetical probabilities to identified individuals, and the interaction between risk factors and values. The context of these issues varies from the isolated physician-patient relationship to the society as a whole.
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D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics; D011640:Public Policy; D012107:Research Design; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012935:Social Justice; D012945:Social Values