The impact of physicians' health beliefs on colorectal cancer screening practices

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 809-814

  Shieh, Kenneth ^a   Gao, Feng ^a   Ristvedt, Stephen ^a   Schootman, Mario ^a   Early, Dayna ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to screening; Colorectal cancer screening; Health Belief Model; Physicians' health beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 18844397278     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2644-3     Document Type: Article

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