Women who decline breast screening.
Open Access
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Vol. 38 (4) , 278-283
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.38.4.278
Abstract
The health related behaviour and attitudes of a random sample of 125 women aged 45-64 who declined to accept an invitation to attend a breast screening clinic are described. The women differed from attenders in their socioeconomic class and in their customary use of measures to promote health. They were basically unsympathetic towards the idea of screening and the invitation had caused them considerable anxiety. Policy implications are raised.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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