Continuing cancer screening later in life: Attitudes and intentions among older adults in England

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 770-775

  Von Wagner, Christian ^a   Macedo, Ana ^a   Campbell, Christine ^b   Simon, Alice E ^a,c   Wardle, Jane ^a   Hammersley, Victoria ^b   Weller, David ^b   Waller, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer screening stoppage; Older age; Older people; Opt in policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CANCER SCREENING STOPPAGE; OLDER AGE; OLDER PEOPLE; OPT-IN POLICY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84887102184     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft132     Document Type: Article

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