| public perceptions of brain tumours in scotland: the need for access to appropriate information. | the aim of the study was to evaluate knowledge and perceptions of brain tumours in a heterogeneous, highly educated group of adults living in edinburgh. two hundred and forty four respondents answered a questionnaire about the causes, effects and treatments of brain tumours. there were misconceptions about several clinical and biological aspects of intracranial tumours although most respondents were aware of the bleak prognosis associated with many neoplasms. these results, from the intellectual ... | 1996 | 8807704 |