Decision-making in the physician-patient encounter: Revisiting the shared treatment decision-making model

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 651-661

  Charles, Cathy ^a,b   Gafni, Amiram ^a,b   Whelan, Tim ^a,b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Communication; Doctor patient relationship; Treatment decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

CANADA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0033018476     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00145-8     Document Type: Article

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