There is now overwhelming evidence that high-risk, sexually transmitted types of human
papillomavirus (HPV) are the main causal agent in cervical cancer. Biobehavioral and …

Background. The introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing into cervical screening
has the potential to alter public perceptions of cervical cancer by making explicit the role of a …

The relationship between risk awareness and anxiety has been the subject of extensive
theoretical debate and empirical research. Previous studies of women with a family history of …

This article investigates the relationship between genetic determinism and the discourse of
risk by making use of an elaboration of the concept of governmentality developed by Michel …

Objective–Our first objective is to describe total, age-and gender-specific prevalences of
subjects in a well-defined population for whom medical follow-up is indicated due to …

Cervical cancer screening is a preventive intervention directed towards women to both
detect cervical cancer and identify those at risk for developing this disease. It has been …

Beinahe täglich lesen wir in der Presse über die Identifikation von Genen, die Krankheiten
hervorrufen, Verhaltensmerkmale bestimmen und Intelligenzleistungen regeln sollen. Gene …

This study is an empirical exploration of Foucault's theoretical ideas on resistance, through a
case study of cervical cancer screening and women's responses to the official discourse …