Vaginal vault smears - 'know more - do less': A questionnaire survey of primary health care practitioners

Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 244-251

  Stokes Lampard, H ^a   Wilson, Sue ^a   Allan, T ^b   Waddell, C ^c   Kehoe, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Post hysterectomy; Primary care; Questionnaire; Survey; Vault smear

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL SHAPE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINAL VAULT SMEAR;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 26844453590     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2005.00268.x     Document Type: Review

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