Informed consent? How do primary care professionals prepare women for cervical smears: A qualitative study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 381-388

  Chew Graham, Carolyn ^a   Mole, Eleanor ^a   Evans, Laura Jane ^a   Rogers, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cytology; Informed consent; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTIVATION; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN;

EID: 33646792995     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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