Why do patients of female physicians have higher rates of breast and cervical cancer screening?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 34-43

  Lurie, Nicole ^a,b,c   Margolis, Karen L ^a,b   McGovern, Paul G ^d   Mink, Pamela J ^d   Slater, Jonathan S ^e  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer screening; cervical cancer screening; mammography Pap smear; physician gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031058582     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0005-3     Document Type: Article

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