Relationship between cancer patients' predictions of prognosis and their treatment preferences

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1709-1714

  Weeks, Jane C ^a   Cook, E Francis ^b   O'Day, Steven J ^a   Peterson, Lynn M ^b   Wenger, Neil ^c   Reding, Douglas ^d   Harrell, Frank E ^e   Kussin, Peter ^f   Dawson, Neil V ^g   Connors, Alfred F ^g   Lynn, Joanne ^h   Phillips, Russell S ⁱ  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032479034     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.21.1709     Document Type: Article

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