Doctor-patient communication patterns in breast cancer adjuvant therapy discussions

Health Expectations

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-36

  Siminoff, Laura A ^a,c   Ravdin, Peter ^b   Colabianchi, Natalie ^a   Saunders Sturm, Christina M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Clinical communication; Patient knowledge; Patient satisfaction; RIAS

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0034077303     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2000.00074.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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