The views of gastroenterologists about the role of nurse endoscopists, especially in colorectal cancer screening

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 892-897

  Van Putten, P G ^a   Van Leerdam, M E ^a   Kuipers, E J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE CLINICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 62849127620     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.03936.x     Document Type: Article

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