Patient Perceptions of Primary Care-Based Skin Cancer Screening

JAMA Dermatol. 2017 Nov 1;153(11):1192-1193. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.2527.

Authors

Amanda R Shaub^{1

2}, Eleanor T Lewis³, Susan M Swetter^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.
² Department of Dermatology, Pigmented Lesion and Melanoma Program, Stanford University Medical Center and Cancer Institute, Stanford, California.
³ Center for Innovation to Implementation, Health Services Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.

Abstract

This analysis of a series of interviews seeks to better understand patient perceptions of primary care–based skin cancer screening.

MeSH terms

Early Detection of Cancer / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening / psychology*
Middle Aged
Perception*
Primary Health Care / methods*
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*