Women with learning disability and uptake of screening: Audit of screening uptake before and after one to one counselling

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 344-347

  Biswas, Mira ^a   Whalley, Helena ^a   Foster, Julie ^a   Friedman, Ellis ^a   Deacon, Richard ^a  

^a Burnley Pendle and Rossendale Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast screening; Cervical screening; Counselling; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; COUNSELING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28644444867     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdi055     Document Type: Article

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