title: Communicating with mammography patients.
abstract: This article examines the barriers that prevent many women from undergoing mammography and strategies that can help them overcome those barriers. It also describes techniques for effective, individualized patient communication and education. Mammographers will learn how to ask the right questions, listen effectively for stated and unstated messages and determine which methods to use when communicating with different patients.
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Kamm
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires