title: The messages primary care physicians should convey to their patients about mammography.
abstract: To reduce mortality from breast cancer, women must overcome barriers to the use of mammography. Physicians must convey messages of need, usefulness, and benefits of mammography and prescribe it to all eligible women.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Control, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation