Revisiting Wilson and Jungner in the genomic age: a review of screening criteria over the past 40 years

Almost 40 years ago, WHO commissioned a report on screening from James Maxwell Glover Wilson, then Principal Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health in London, England, and Gunner Jungner, then Chief of the Clinical Chemistry Department of Sahlgren’s Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. The report 1 ,...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2008-04, Vol.86 (4), p.317-319
Main Authors: Andermann, Anne, Blancquaert, Ingeborg, Beauchamp, Sylvie, Déry, Véronique
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Decision making
Diagnosis
Disease
Diseases
Genetic screening
Genetic Testing - standards
Genetics
Genome, Human
Health Policy
Humans
Mass Screening - standards
Medical screening
Population
Public Health Classics
Public Health Practice
Switzerland
Wellness programs
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Summary:Almost 40 years ago, WHO commissioned a report on screening from James Maxwell Glover Wilson, then Principal Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health in London, England, and Gunner Jungner, then Chief of the Clinical Chemistry Department of Sahlgren’s Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. The report 1 , published in 1968, was entitled: Principles and practice of screening for disease and it has since become a public health classic.
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.07.050112