Screening pelvic examinations the emperor's new clothes, now in 3 sizes?

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 467-468

  Sawaya, George F ^a,b  

^a UCSF Center for Healthcare Value   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PELVIC EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REASSURANCE; SHARED DECISION MAKING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85018616122     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0271     Document Type: Editorial

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