TY - JOUR T1 - Should Health Screening Be Private? JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 220 LP - 220 DO - 10.1136/jme.26.3.220 VL - 26 IS - 3 AU - Dr John Fletcher Y1 - 2000/06/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/26/3/220.1.abstract N2 - Jim Thornton gives us in this book a range of arguments against the state funding of nearly all adult health-related screening programmes but for most screening programmes for children and the handicapped. He justifies the first on the basis of consumers being the best judges of their health preferences and adult screening being largely ineffective. He justifies the second on the basis of the belief that neonatal and childhood screening is more effective and that the state has a duty to decide on behalf of those who are not competent … ER -