Health professionals' and service users' interpretation of screening test results: Experimental study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7562, 2006, Pages 284-286

  Bramwell, Ros ^a   West, Helen ^a   Salmon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; MASS SCREENING; NURSE MIDWIFE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROBABILITY;

EID: 33747160463     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38884.663102.AE     Document Type: Article

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