(Download) "Expanding Newborn Screening: Process, Policy, And Priorities." by The Hastings Center Report # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Expanding Newborn Screening: Process, Policy, And Priorities.
- Author : The Hastings Center Report
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Life Sciences,Books,Science & Nature,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 185 KB
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In the 1960s, newborn screening programs tested for a single very rare but serious disorder. In recent years, thanks to the development of new screening technology, they have expanded into panels of tests; a federally sponsored expert group has recommended that states test for twenty-nine core disorders and twenty-five secondary disorders. By the standards used to decide whether to introduce new preventive health services into clinical use, the decision-making in newborn screening policy has been lax. **********