TY - JOUR T1 - Yonder: Colonoscopy, bone health, risk communication, and task shifting JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 126 LP - 126 DO - 10.3399/bjgp20X708581 VL - 70 IS - 692 AU - Ahmed Rashid Y1 - 2020/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/70/692/126.abstract N2 - Yonder: a diverse selection of primary care relevant research stories from beyond the mainstream biomedical literatureAlthough I’ve been fortunate enough to have never experienced one myself, the grimaces of horror I see on the faces of patients who’ve had one tell me that a colonoscopy is undoubtedly one of the most invasive and unpleasant of all medical procedures. But it does, of course, play a crucial role in the diagnosis of important conditions including colorectal cancer. In a recent North American study, a research team asked a group of older adults (aged between 75 and 89 years) with a history of colonic polyps about their experiences of surveillance colonoscopy.1 Fear of cancer, trust in the colonoscopy procedure, and provider advice played prominent roles in … ER -