How do rural health care providers and patients view barriers to colorectal cancer screening? Insights from Appalachian Kentucky

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-192

  Hatcher, Jennifer ^a   Dignan, Mark B ^b   Schoenberg, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Kentucky; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Rural

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; APPALACHIAN REGION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79954593519     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2011.02.001     Document Type: Review

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