An educational approach to improving physician breast cancer screening practices and counseling skills

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-301

  Lane, Dorothy S ^a   Messina, Catherine R ^a   Grimson, Roger ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Continuing education medical; Mammography; Preventive health services

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SKILL;

EID: 0035021004     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0738-3991(00)00177-4     Document Type: Article

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