Emergency Department Pelvic Examination and Pap Testing: Addressing Patient Misperceptions

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 405-408

  Lyons, Michael S ^a,b   Lindsell, Christopher J ^a   Trott, Alexander T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Communication; Mass screening; Papanicolaou smear; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 1842487513     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.10.031     Document Type: Article

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