What is the role of family in promoting faecal occult blood test screening? Exploring physician, average-risk individual, and family perceptions

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lobchuk, Michelle M ^a   Bapuji, Sunita B ^b   McClement, Susan E ^a   Sisler, Jeffrey J ^a,c,d   Katz, Alan ^a   Martens, Patricia ^a,e   Turner, Donna ^a,d   Clouston, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^c Primary Care Oncology Program   (Canada)

^d CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Guideline adherence; Physicians; Qualitative research; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TIME;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84860691718     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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