Doctor, what's wrong with me? Factors that delay the diagnosis of colorectal cancer

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-358

  Siminoff, Laura A ^a   Rogers, Heather L ^a   Thomson, Maria D ^a   Dumenci, Levent ^a   Harris Haywood, Sonja ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diagnostic delay; Physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051799391     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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