Patient understanding of moles and skin cancer, and factors influencing presentation in primary care: A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Walter, Fiona M ^a,b   Humphrys, Elka ^a   Tso, Simon ^c   Johnson, Margaret ^d   Cohn, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEVUS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956834455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-62     Document Type: Article

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