Physicians' decisions about continuing or stopping colon cancer screening in the elderly: A qualitative study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 816-821

  Lewis, Carmen L ^a   Griffith, Jennifer ^a   Pignone, Michael P ^a   Golin, Carol ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer screening; Decision making; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN; VIGNETTE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649449914     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1006-9     Document Type: Article

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