Acceptance of Colonoscopy Requires more than Test Tolerance

BACKGROUND: Colon cancer screening, including colonoscopy, lags behind other forms of cancer screening for participation rates. The intrinsic nature of the endoscopic procedure may be an important barrier that limits patients from finding this test acceptable and affects willingness to undergo scree...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amanda Condon, Lesley Graff, Lawrence Elliot, Alexandra Ilnyckyj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/107467