Reasons for non-attendance for computer-managed cervical screening: Pilot interviews

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 651-660

  Elkind, Andrea Knopf ^a   Haran, Dave ^a   Eardley, Anne ^a   Spencer, Brenda ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cervical screening; non compliance

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; REGISTRIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0023683171     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(88)90014-7     Document Type: Article

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