Colorectal cancer screening: Physicians' knowledge of risk assessment and guidelines, practice, and description of barriers and facilitators

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 713-718

  Sewitch, Maida J ^a,c   Burtin, Pascal ^b   Dawes, Martin ^a   Yaffe, Mark ^a   Snell, Linda ^a   Roper, Mark ^a   Zanelli, Patrizia ^a   Pavilanis, Alan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University Health Centre Hotel Dieu   (France)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Guidelines; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; ENTERITIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33845663956     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/609746     Document Type: Article

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