Physician decision making for colorectal cancer screening in the elderly

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1202-1207

  Lewis, Carmen L ^a,b,d   Esserman, Denise ^a,c   Deleon, Christopher ^b   Pignone, Michael P ^a,b   Pathman, Donald E ^a,b   Golin, Carol ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer screening; elderly; mass screening; physician decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOM SAMPLE; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883150497     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2393-5     Document Type: Article

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