The Pap Smear Liability Crisis

Pap smear.

A Pap smear, also known as Papanicoloau smear, is a microscopic examination of cells scraped from the cervix and is used to detect cancerous or pre-cancerous conditions of the cervix or other medical conditions. It was named after Dr. George N. Papanicoloau, who first described it in 1928 and since its introduction, the Pap smear has helped reduce cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates b...

Pap smear and Chlamydia.

I have read the recent publication by Ujević et al. with great interest (1). The authors concluded that “Pap smear was not specifi c enough to demonstrate chlamydial infection (1)”. Indeed, the high prevalence of chlamydial infection among working women has been confi rmed in several settings around the world. Pap smear is a recommended routine test for these working women. However, there have ...

The Liability Insurance Crisis

Whatever happened to the annual pap smear?

The reading programs at Rhode Island College, Providence College and Roger Williams University selected the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, as required summer reading for incoming freshman last year. This book is a nonfiction biography of a poor, black, working mother of five children who died of cervical cancer at the age of 31. The work is a masterpiece of invest...

Knowledge and awareness among Iranian women regarding the pap smear

  Abstract   Background: Screening is a necessity for country health systems. In undeveloped   countries that have no screening programs, cervical carcinoma is one of the   major causes of mortality and morbidity. Although cervical cancer is preventable   it is poorly controlled in some countries. The main cause of it is unawareness of   people from cervical cancer and screening methods.   Meth...