When evidence says no: gynaecologists' reasons for (not) recommending ineffective ovarian cancer screening

BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 Jun;29(6):521-524. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009854. Epub 2019 Nov 8.

Authors

Odette Wegwarth¹, Nora Pashayan²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Adaptive Rationality/Harding Center for Risk Literacy, Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany wegwarth@mpib-berlin.mpg.de.
² Institute of Epidemiology and Healthcare, Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: continuing education, continuing professional development; decision making; evidence-based medicine; medical education; patient safety.

MeSH terms

Attitude of Health Personnel
Early Detection of Cancer / methods
Early Detection of Cancer / psychology
Female
Gynecology
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Humans
Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Ovarian Neoplasms / psychology*
Physicians / psychology*
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States