TY  - GEN
TI  - Information can kill
UR  - http://else.econ.ucl.ac.uk/newweb/papers.php
AV  - public
ID  - discovery14592
CY  - London, UK
T3  - ELSE Working Papers
Y1  - 2004/04//
PB  - ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution
A1  - Huck, S.
A1  - Konrad, K.A.
N2  - Recent advances in understanding links between genes
and the susceptibility to particular diseases have considerably increased
the scope for predictive diagnosis. Methods. We analyse how the introduc-
tion of predictive diagnosis affects patients?decisions to undergo medical
screenings relying on a ?rational choice?model. Findings. We show that
predictive diagnosis can increase the number of fatalities from a deadly
disease. Interpretation. Our result shows the necessity of careful further
analysis and debate about the pros and cons of predictive diagnosis and
the publication of medical research in general.
ER  -