Women’s views of a breast screening service

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-48

  Hamilton, Elizabeth L ^a   Wallis, Matthew G ^a   Barlow, Julie ^b   Cullen, Lesley ^b   Wright, Christine ^b  

^a W S/C Breast Screening Service   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; BREAST TUMOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RELATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0038282605     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330390170015     Document Type: Article

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