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1. 1. Cervical cancer screening. Knowledge, attitudes and experiences among women and midwives

   Författare :Monica Ideström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :cervical cancer screening; cervical cancer; Papanicolaou smear; knowledge; attitude; ; experience; coping; dysplasia; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia CIN ; midwife; information; Grounded Theory;

   Sammanfattning : Population based cervical cancer screening (CCS), performed by midwives, to detect cellularatypia before it develops into cancer, has been in force in Sweden since the 1970s. Thepositive effects of the subsequent decline in morbidity and mortality due to cervix cancer arewell documented but does screening also have negative consequences?Aims: To investigate knowledge about, attitudes to and experience of CCS (i) among womenin general, (ii) among women with experience of two mildly atypical Pap smears, (iii) amongwomen diagnosed with cervical cancer and (iv) among midwives who manage CCS. LÄS MER