Women's beliefs about the purpose and value of routine pelvic examinations

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 86.e1-86.e6

  Norrell, Laura L ^a   Kuppermann, Miriam ^a   Moghadassi, Michelle N ^a   Sawaya, George F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

patient preference; routine pelvic examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SAN FRANCISCO; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 85012886945     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.12.031     Document Type: Article

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