Breast screening: GPs' beliefs, attitudes and practices

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-65

  Bekker, Hilary ^a   Morrison, Lesley ^b   Marteau, Theresa M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Napolitano and Prof David)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; GPs' attitudes; Knowledge and behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033000252     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.1.60     Document Type: Article

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