A crisis of visibility: The psychological consequences of false-positive screening mammograms, an interview study

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 792-806

  Bond, Mary ^a   Garside, Ruth ^a   Hyde, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast cancer; false positive; Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis; mammogram; qualitative; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84943200239     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12142     Document Type: Article

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