Consumer information materials for diagnostic breast tests: Women's views on information and their understanding of test results

Health Expectations

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 298-311

  Davey, Heather M ^a   Lim, Jacqueline ^b   Butow, Phyllis N ^b   Barratt, Alexandra L ^a   Houssami, Nehmat ^a   Higginson, Roberta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Breast Cancer Action Group NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnostic tests; Information preferences; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER TEST; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0344980079     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-7625.2003.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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