Colposcopy information leaflets: What women want to know and when they want to receive this information

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 143-147

  Byrom, J ^a   Dunn, P D J ^b   Hughes, G M ^b   Lockett, J ^b   Johnson, A ^b   Neale, J ^c   Redman, C W E ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER CENTER; COLPOSCOPY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SMEAR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COLPOSCOPY; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1542360047     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914103769011058     Document Type: Review

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