Decision making about treatment of hypothetical prostate cancer: Is deferring a decision an expert-opinion heuristic?

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 69-84

  Steginga, Suzanne K ^a   Occhipinti, Stefano ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Desire for involvement; Expert opinion; Health locus of control; Heuristic processing; Tolerance for ambiguity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIGUITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK;

EID: 0036400878     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v20n03_05     Document Type: Article

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