Women patients' preference for women physicians is a barrier to colon cancer screening

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-223

  Menees, Stacy B ^a   Inadomi, John M ^a   Korsnes, Sheryl ^a   Elta, Grace H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b 3912 Tabun Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 22544442505     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(05)00540-7     Document Type: Article

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