What affects the uptake of screening for bowel cancer using a faecal occult blood test (FOBt): A qualitative study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2425-2435

  Chapple, Alison ^a   Ziebland, Sue ^a   Hewitson, Paul ^a   McPherson, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel cancer; Civic responsibility; Decision making; DIPEX; Faecal occult blood test; Screening; UK

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CANCER; DECISION MAKING; FECES; HEALTH SERVICES; MICROSCOPY; MODELING; MORTALITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43249101377     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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