Barriers of and facilitators to physician recommendation of colorectal cancer screening

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1681-1688

  Guerra, Carmen E ^a,b,c   Schwartz, J Sanford ^a,b,c,d   Armstrong, Katrina ^a,b,c   Brown, Jamin S ^a   Halbert, Chanita Hughes ^b,c   Shea, Judy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Communication barriers; Mass screening; Physician practice patterns; Physician patient relation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMINDER SYSTEM; SAMPLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEORY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 36349028044     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0396-9     Document Type: Article

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