The screening industry
The screening industry
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DOI：
10.1136/bmj.326.7395.0/f
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2003
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Richard Smith
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作者：
Richard Smith
您是否想过为您的另一半购买全身扫描？这是最时尚的礼物，也许特别适合 50 岁、60 岁甚至 40 岁生日。您可能正在送给您所爱的人一份延长生命的至高礼物。不幸的是，你可能更有可能给他或她带来一卡车的焦虑和一系列侵入性的、痛苦的和不必要的调查。
全身扫描目前在美国正在大力推广（第 894 页），这种热情肯定会蔓延。 “卖”很简单。你的身体里可能潜藏着一些可怕的东西……
Have you thought of buying your significant other a whole body scan? It's the most fashionable of gifts and perhaps particularly suitable for a 50th, 60th, or even 40th birthday. You might be giving your loved one the supreme gift of extra years of life. Unfortunately, you may be more likely to give him or her a lorry load of anxiety and a series of invasive, painful, and unnecessary investigations.
Whole body scanning is currently being intensely marketed in the United States (p 894) and the enthusiasm will surely spread. The “sell” is simple. You might have something horrible lurking in your …