TY - JOUR AU - Dawson, Greer AU - Crane, Melanie AU - Lyons, Claudine AU - Burnham, Anna AU - Bowman, Tara AU - Perez, Donna AU - Travaglia, Joanne PY - 2017 DA - 2017/03/15 TI - General practitioners’ perceptions of population based bowel screening and their influence on practice: a qualitative study JO - BMC Family Practice SP - 36 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Although largely preventable, Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world. General Practitioners (GPs) have an important role to play in prevention and early detection of bowel cancer, however in Australia this is yet to be optimised and participation remains low. This study sought to understand how GPs’ perceptions of bowel screening influence their attitudes to, and promotion of the faecal occult blood test (FOBT), to identify opportunities to enhance their role. SN - 1471-2296 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-017-0610-8 DO - 10.1186/s12875-017-0610-8 ID - Dawson2017 ER -