Patient- and system-related barriers for the earlier diagnosis of colorectal cancer

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wahls, Terry L ^a,b,c   Peleg, Ika ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice (CRIISP)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GOVERNMENT; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 70350464556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-65     Document Type: Article

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