Wilson and Jungner: principles and practice of screening for disease

What changed

Organized criteria for when screening is justified, including test, treatment, natural history, facilities, cost and continuity.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact two-author 1968 WHO Public Health Paper. It is a screening-policy framework, not proof that any particular programme improves outcomes, and it does not absorb later revisions, trial evidence or programme-specific guidance.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact two-author 1968 WHO Public Health Paper. It is a screening-policy framework, not proof that any particular programme improves outcomes, and it does not absorb later revisions, trial evidence or programme-specific guidance.

Contributors

• J. M. G. Wilson · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• G. Jungner · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• WHO scan of Wilson and Jungner monograph
• WHO library record for screening monograph

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