Patients' and professionals' opinions of services for people at an increased risk of colorectal cancer: An exploratory qualitative study

Familial Cancer

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-53

  Stermer, Tamar ^a   Hodgson, Shirley ^b   Kavalier, Fred ^b   Watts, Sally ^b   Jones, Roger ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Genetics; Patients; Primary care physicians; Risk; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CAREGIVER; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISTORY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIGREE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIGREE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 3142717788     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FAME.0000026813.73472.9d     Document Type: Article

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