Women's views on reminder letters for screening mammography: Mixed methods study of women from 23 family health networks

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a   Karwalajtys, Tina ^b   Lohfeld, Lynne ^b   Laryea, Stephanie ^b   Anderson, Kelly ^c   Roder, Stefanie ^d   Sebaldt, Rolf J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Foundation for Medical Practice Education   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 67249119992     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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