Periodic health examination combined with multiple screening tests in general practice.

rARLY diagnosis is, and has long been, a concern of the general practitioner, but Ehis main efforts have been directed to satisfying the wants of his patients at their request. Any screening for asymptomatic or early disease has been a by-product of routine clinical practice, during which the patient, having presented himself with his complaints, has had a routine history taken, a physical examination, and often measurement of blood pressure, urinalysis, and blood tests, whether these related to his problem or not.