Women's experience of colposcopy: A qualitative investigation

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Swancutt, Dawn R ^a   Greenfield, Sheila M ^a   Luesley, David M ^b   Wilson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953842037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-11-11     Document Type: Article

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