Breast cancer patients' personality style, age, and treatment decision making

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-186

  Johnson, Julie D ^a   Roberts, Cleora S ^b,e   Cox, Charles E ^a,c   Reintgen, Douglas S ^a,d   Levine, Judi S ^b   Parsons, Melisande ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Comprehensive Breast Center Program ^*  (United States)

^d Cutaneous Oncology Program   (United States)

^e H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; decision making; monitor vs. blunter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONALITY;

EID: 0029807581     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199611)63:3<183::AID-JSO9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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