Prostate cancer screening attitudes and continuing education needs of primary care physicians

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 162-166

  Curran, Vernon ^a,c   Solberg, Shirley ^b   Mathews, Maria ^a   Church, Jon ^a   Buehler, Sharon ^a   Wells, Julie ^a   Lopez, Tanya ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b School of Nursing   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COUNSELING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWFOUNDLAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 24144470761     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15430154jce2003_10     Document Type: Article

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