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practice
potentially cause the general population to feel unduly solicited and could
squander away their motivation to participate in future calls for screening.
In short, this intervention project is difficult to justify. However, infringements
on values and core ethical principles are less of a factor than efficiency
and proportionality considerations.
reFerences
1 Newson, A. (2011). Population screening. In A. Dawson (Ed.), Public Health Ethics.
Key Concepts and Issues in Policy and Practice (pp. 118–142). Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press.
2 Comité d’éthique à la santé publique. (2011). Avis portant sur le projet pilote
d’invitation personnalisée pour le dépistage du cancer du col utérin. Institut
national de santé publique du Québec.
3 Dawson, A. (2011). Resetting the parameters: public health as the foundation for
public health ethics. In A. Dawson (Ed.), Public Health Ethics. Key Concepts and
Issues in Policy and Practice (pp. 1–19). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University
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