Breast cancer in Canada: To screen or not to screen?

Lomas (1988) and Sabatier (1987) have suggested models by which to examine the roles that values, scientific knowledge, institutions, and the learning process play in the formulation of both national and clinical health-care policies. Utilizing their frameworks, this article offers an explanation for the development of high-volume screening mammography policies in Canada, despite the suggested inefficacy of screening technologies for …