Beliefs and expectations of women under 50 years old regarding screening mammography: A qualitative study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 182-189

  Nekhlyudov, Larissa ^a   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^a   Fletcher, Suzanne W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Decision making; Mammography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037354612     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20112.x     Document Type: Article

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