Using the patient-centered method to achieve excellence in care for women with breast cancer

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-129

  Brown, Judith Belle ^a   Stewart, Moira ^a   McWilliam, Carol L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Patient centred care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEAR; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN;

EID: 0032820655     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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