What influences GPs' use of pelvic examination? A qualitative investigation in primary care.
Pauline WilliamsPeter MurchieMargaret Eleanor CruickshankChristine M BondChristopher R BurtonPublished in: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (2023)
GPs' reasons for carrying out, or not carrying out, PEs in women with symptoms potentially indicating cancer are complex. The COM-B framework provides a way of understanding this complexity. Interventions to increase the use of PEs, and critics of its non-use, need to consider these multiple factors.