Taking responsibility for cancer treatment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 669-677

  Deadman, J M ^a   Leinster, S J ^b   Owens, R G ^c   Dewey, M E ^d   Slade, P D ^b  

^a EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Control; Decision making; UK

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MOOD; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURGEON;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0034964454     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00369-5     Document Type: Article

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