Increasing awareness of gynaecological cancer symptoms: A GP perspective

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 623, 2014, Pages

  Evans, Ruth E C ^a   Morris, Melanie ^b   Sekhon, Mandeep ^a   Buszewicz, Marta ^b   Walter, Fiona M ^c   Waller, Jo ^b   Simon, Alice E ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early detection of cancer; General practice; Patient education, primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MULTIMEDIA; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; ULTRASOUND; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903644314     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X680161     Document Type: Article

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