Death in Borsetshire
Vanessa Whitburn, editor of BBC Radio 4’s The Archers, talks morbidity and mortality in Ambridge. James Raftery, University of Southampton, updates the Forrest Report – whose evidence prompted the breast cancer screening programme in the UK.
See also:
A series of unfortunate events? Morbidity and mortality in a Borsetshire village
Possible net harms of breast cancer screening: updated modelling of Forrest report
Audio chapters:
The Archers: 0:35
Forrest Report updated: 10:35







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