What information do breast cancer screening programmes provide to Italian women?
Author(s) -
Livia Giordano,
Maria Rowinski,
Giuseppe Gaudenzi,
Nereo Segnan
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cki117
Subject(s) - confidentiality , context (archaeology) , information quality , medicine , test (biology) , breast cancer , breast cancer screening , quality (philosophy) , family medicine , cancer screening , medical education , computer science , information system , cancer , mammography , paleontology , philosophy , computer security , epistemology , electrical engineering , biology , engineering
The necessity for building transparent communications on screening, both on risks and benefits, is shared by different sides. There is a general agreement that women cannot express informed participation in a screening programme unless they are given sufficient and adequate information. In the screening context, invitation letters and leaflets often represent the principal source of information.
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