Postmenopausal women undergoing transvaginal ultrasound screening prefer not to have chaperones

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 954-957

  Sharma, A ^a   Beveridge, H A ^b   Fallowfield, L J ^b   Jacobs, I J ^a   Menon, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaperones; Intimate tests; Research; Transvaginal scanning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ESCORT SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINA;

EID: 33746156456     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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