Abstract
Risk prediction is a subject of increasing clinical interest, and publications in this area are likely to have an important influence on patient care in the near future. A multiplicity of risk prediction systems, many of them computer-based, will raise a number of ethical and practical questions. These questions need to be addressed by the originators of systems, the editors of journals, practising clinicians, and the lay public.
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D. G. Seymour, Senior Lecturer, University Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cardiff Royal Infirmary
M. Green, Lecturer in Statistics, University of Dundee
F. G. Vaz, Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, South Warwickshire Hospital, Warwick
E. C. Coles, Head of Department of Medical Computing and Statistics, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff