Screening pelvic examinations in adult women: Grand rounds discussion from the beth Israel deaconess medical center

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 537-547

  Burns, Risa B ^a   Potter, Jennifer E ^a   Ricciotti, Hope A ^a   Reynolds, Eileen E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; INTERNIST; OBSTETRICIAN; PATIENT CARE; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MASS SCREENING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84943414660     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M151220     Document Type: Review

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