Assessment of colorectal cancer knowledge and patient attitudes towards screening: Is Ireland ready to embrace colon cancer screening?

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-12

  Harewood, G C ^a   Murray, F ^a   Patchett, S ^a   Garcia, L ^b   Leong, W L ^b   Lim, Y T ^b   Prabakaran, S ^b   Yeen, K F ^b   O'Flynn, J ^b   McNally, E ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colonoscopy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PELVIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH EDUCATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AWARENESS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61849149451     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-008-0163-x     Document Type: Article

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