The multidisciplinary colposcopy meeting: Recommendations for future service provision and an analysis of clinical decision making

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1060-1066

  Palmer, J E ^a   Wales, K ^b   Ellis, K ^b   Dudding, N ^b,c   Smith, J ^b,c   Tidy, J A ^a  

^a JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c East Pennine Cytology Training Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colposcopy; cytology; gynaecology; multidisciplinary team; multiprofessional

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLPOSCOPY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX PUNCH BIOPSY; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLPOSCOPY; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954415620     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02651.x     Document Type: Article

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