![]() This information has to include risks, benefits, number needed to screen, sensitivity, specificity and so on. The operationalization of this right builds the theoretical background of this study: For an informed choice (evidence-based patient choice) patients need evidence-based patient information (EBPI). The patients’ right to disclosure of all relevant information for medical decisions is fixed in the European Charter of Patients’ Rights. On the other hand, it is an ethical duty to inform people truthfully and intelligibly about the screening in order to allow them to make informed decisions. Some are worried that the number of participants might decrease considerably if fact- and figure-based information is given to screening participants, because the benefit for the individual participant is very small. ![]() From the public health perspective, there is a legitimate interest in achieving a high participation rate. Since 2005, all women in Germany between 50 and 69 years of age have been invited to the national mammography screening program. ![]()
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