Do the beliefs of Australian general practitioners about the effectiveness of cancer screening accord with the evidence?

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-68

  Young, Jane ^a   Ward, Jeanette ^a   Sladden, Michael ^b  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Cancer screening; Evidence; General practitioners

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0031842882     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jms.5.2.67     Document Type: Article

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