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Strategies used in managing conversations about prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing among family physicians (FPs): a qualitative study.

S Michelle DriedgerSarah KirbyRyan MaierRoger SüssLaurel ThorlaciusJeffery W SaranchukEric BohmAlexander Singer
Published in: BMJ open (2023)
We found that high-ordering FPs tended to use the PSA test for screening asymptomatic men with limited shared decision-making. Median-ordering FPs used conversational strategies that emphasised uncertainty of benefit and potential risk and did not present the test as a recommendation.
Keyphrases
  • prostate cancer
  • radical prostatectomy
  • primary care
  • risk assessment
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