Content of invitations for publicly funded screening mammography

BMJ. 2006 Mar 4;332(7540):538-41. doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.538.

Abstract

The benefits and harms of screening for breast cancer are delicately balanced and women should decide for themselves, on an informed basis. Do the invitations give enough information to enable this?

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Appointments and Schedules
  • Attitude to Health
  • Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Communication*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent
  • Mammography / standards*
  • Mammography / statistics & numerical data
  • Mass Screening / standards*
  • Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data
  • Pamphlets
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data
  • Patient Education as Topic / standards*
  • Professional Practice