General practitioners' perception of risk factors for cervical cancer development: Consequences for patient education

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 277-281

  Baay, Marc F D ^a   Verhoeven, Veronique ^a   Peremans, Lieve ^a   Avonts, Dirk ^a   Vermorken, Jan Baptist ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33745670190     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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