'It's a maybe test': Men's experiences of prostate specific antigen testing in primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 537, 2007, Pages 303-310

  Evans, Rhodri ^a   Edwards, Adrian G K ^a   Elwyn, Glyn ^a   Watson, Eila ^b   Grol, Richard ^c   Brett, Jo ^d   Austoker, Joan ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Primary care; Prostate; Prostate specific antigen; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY; WALES;

EID: 34047239246     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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