Medical decision making among cancer patients

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-244

  Petersen, Suni ^a   Heesacker, Martin ^b   DeWitt Marsh, Robert ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; THREAT;

EID: 0035041450     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.48.2.239     Document Type: Article

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