Increasing uptake rates of cervical cancer screening amongst Hong Kong Chinese women: The role of the practitioner

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 335-342

  Twinn, Sheila ^a   Cheng, Frances ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical screening; Communication; Experience; Expertise; Health care practitioners; Hong Kong Chinese women; Nurses; Physicians; Uptake rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN;

EID: 0034242560     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01481.x     Document Type: Article

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