Patient experiences of colonoscopy, barium enema and CT colonography: A qualitative study

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 973, 2009, Pages 13-19

  Von Wagner, C ^a   Knight, K ^a   Halligan, S ^b   Atkin, W ^c   Lilford, R ^d   Morton, D ^d   Wardle, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BARIUM SULFATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARIUM SULFATE; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 58849163663     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/61732956     Document Type: Article

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