Discussion Strategies That Primary Care Clinicians Use When Stopping Cancer Screening in Older Adults

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Nov;64(11):e221-e223. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14444. Epub 2016 Sep 14.

Authors

Nancy L Schoenborn¹, Theron L Bowman 2nd², Danelle Cayea¹, Cynthia Boyd¹, Scott Feeser³, Craig E Pollack⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine-Georgia Campus, Suwanee, Georgia.
³ Johns Hopkins Community Physicians-Wyman Park, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Decision Making*
Early Detection of Cancer*
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening / methods*
Middle Aged
Physicians / standards*
Primary Health Care / methods*

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