Relationship between preferences for decisional control and illness information among women with breast cancer: A quantitative and qualitative analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 279-289

  Hack, Thomas F ^a   Degner, Lesley F ^b   Dyck, Dennis G ^c  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; decision making; information needs; patient physician communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; TERMINOLOGY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0028239030     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)90336-0     Document Type: Article

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