Clinicians' perceptions of the benefits and harms of prostate and colorectal cancer screening

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 467-476

  Elstad, Emily A ^a,b   Sutkowi Hemstreet, Anne ^b   Sheridan, Stacey L ^b,c   Vu, Maihan ^b   Harris, Russell ^b,c   Reyna, Valerie F ^d   Rini, Christine ^a,b   Earp, Jo Anne ^a   Brewer, Noel T ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinicians; colonoscopy; colorectal cancer screening; prostate cancer screening; PSA test; risk perception

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEURISTICS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEURISTICS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84928982390     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X15569780     Document Type: Article

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