title: Older women's willingness to discontinue Papanicolaou test screening.
abstract: We surveyed our patients to assess their willingness to discontinue Papanicolaou testing. Our findings differ from those of previous studies, with 72% of our eligible respondents voicing willingness to discontinue screening. There may be many reasons for this, including linking the recommendation with the name of the patient's own physician.
authors.affiliation: the Department of Family Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skelton
authors.forename: Celine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rothenberg
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pope
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D065006:Papanicolaou Test / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D057240:Patient Preference / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*