Accessing rural populations: Role of the community pharmacist in a breast and cervical cancer screening programme

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 146-149

  McGuire, Timothy R ^a,c   Leypoldt, Melissa ^b   Narducci, Warren A ^b   Ward, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Nebraska Department of Education   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Community pharmacy; Education; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COST; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SERVICE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; RURAL POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846925589     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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