The digital rectal examination: A multicenter survey of physicians' and students' perceptions and practice patterns

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1157-1163

  Wong, Reuben K ^a,b   Drossman, Douglas A ^a   Bharucha, Adil E ^c   Rao, Satish S ^d   Wald, Arnold ^e   Morris, Carolyn B ^a   Oxentenko, Amy S ^c   Ravi, Karthik ^c   Van Handel, Daniel M ^d   Edwards, Hollie ^a   Hu, Yuming ^a   Bangdiwala, Shrikant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84864618935     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.23     Document Type: Article

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