A case study of the effectiveness of nurse-led screening programmes for cervical cancer among Hong Kong Chinese women

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1089-1096

  Twinn, Sheila ^a   Cheng, Frances ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contribution of nursing; Hong Kong Chinese women; Pap smear uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0033124620     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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