Women's misconceptions about cancer screening: Implications for informed decision-making

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 280-285

  Denberg, Thomas D ^a   Wong, Sabrina ^b   Beattie, Angela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Cultural factors; Health beliefs; Informed decision making; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 18844400336     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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