Screening for breast cancer: candidacy and compliance

This paper is concerned with understanding why some women accept their invitation for free screening mammography and others do not. Free screening mammography is offered to women aged 50–64 in Britain. Uptake of invitations is about twice as high in leafy suburbs than in inner-city areas. Low uptake...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social science & medicine (1982) 2004, Vol.58 (1), p.151-160
1. Verfasser:	Pfeffer, Naomi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African Continental Ancestry Group - psychology Biological and medical sciences Breast cancer Breast cancer Screening Ethnicity Candidacy Compliance Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Breast Neoplasms - ethnology Cancer Candidacy Compliance Diagnostic Tests, Routine - statistics & numerical data Diseases England Ethnic minorities Ethnicity European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology Female Focus Groups Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Hackney Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health services Humans London Mammary gland diseases Mammography Mammography - economics Mammography - statistics & numerical data Medical sciences Medical screening Middle Aged Minority Groups - psychology Patient Compliance - ethnology Patient Compliance - psychology Poverty - ethnology Public health Qualitative research Race Risk factors Screening Socioeconomic factors State Medicine - economics Tumors Urban Health Women's health
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