title: [Screening on tuberculosis: an occasion for public debate?].
abstract: This article focuses on the public debate in the mid-twentieth century concerning government-directed screening on tuberculosis as reflected in newspapers and medical literature. According to communication theory, media show a variety of functions within the process of democratic political decision-making. This study points out that all national Dutch newspapers, in contradiction to the theory underlined the ideology of screening without any critical contribution. The debate within the medical profession shows a defence of positions in a 'pillarized' society rather than a more ethical discussion.
authors.affiliation: Afdeling Matamedica, Van der Boechhorststraat, Amsterdam. murkd@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dijkstra
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Meijman
mesh_terms: D006266:Health Education / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000266:history*; D009426:Netherlands; D009524:Newspapers as Topic / Q000266:history*; D011057:Politics; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000266:history*