A decision aid to support informed choices about bowel cancer screening among adults with low education: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7780, 2010, Pages 977-

  Smith, Sian K ^a   Trevena, Lyndal ^a   Simpson, Judy M ^a   Barratt, Alexandra ^a   Nutbeam, Don ^b   McCaffery, Kirsten J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION AID; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEO DISK;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCULT BLOOD; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78049501313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5370     Document Type: Article

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