'I do not need to... I do not want to... I do not give it priority...' - Why women choose not to attend cervical cancer screening

Health Expectations

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-34

  Oscarsson, Marie G ^a,b   Wijma, Barbro E ^b   Benzein, Eva G ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Cervical smear; Content analysis; Interviews; Non attendance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SWEDEN; TRUST; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 39049126169     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2007.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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