Research on risk and risk in research: Theoretical and practical experiences from a multidisciplinary study on cervical cancer screening in Urban Sweden

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-60

  Tishelman, Carol ^a   Forss, Anette ^a,b,c   Sachs, Lisbeth ^a,d   Lundgren, Eva Lisa ^a   Widmark, Catarina ^a,e   Törnberg, Sven ^f,g  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Huddinge University Hospital ^*

^g Oncologic Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; RISK; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RISK; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032604755     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973299129121686     Document Type: Article

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