Saturday 19 December 2009

Newspaper Articles

Article by UK woman who decided to cease having smears based on informed risk/benefit analysis.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2003/may/22/genderissues.publichealth

Article by UK women urging young women to have smears.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/22/jade-health-and-wellbeing

Article by UK mental health patient who decided to cease having smears based on bad experiences with testing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/apr/17/smear-tests-mental-health

Cancer screening smackdown continues - pap smears and colonoscopies take a hit
http://wellness.blogs.time.com/2009/11/06/cancer-screening-smackdown-continues-pap-smears-and-colonoscopies-take-a-hit/?xid=rss-topstories

Added 21 Jan 2010
Article on fallout from breast cancer screening false positives
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/20/emotions-tumours-breast-cancer-screening

6 June 2011
Balanced pros and cons article on screening by age
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jun/06/cervical-cancer-screening-age

9 June 2011
Set of articles around cervical cancer, vaccination etc by Debora Miranda
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/series/cervical-cancer-screening

and Debora's related website, on the subject of her journalism MA
http://cancer-screening.net/