Effect of professional society recommendations on women's desire for a routine pelvic examination

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 338.e1-338.e7

  Sawaya, George F ^a,b   Smith McCune, Karen K ^a   Gregorich, Steven E ^a   Moghadassi, Michelle ^a   Kuppermann, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

patient preferences; patient view; professional society recommendation; routine pelvic examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN; AMERICAN CONGRESS OF OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNECOLOGIST; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021052976     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.05.003     Document Type: Article

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