Testing a theory of decision-making derived from King's systems framework in women eligible for a cancer clinical trial

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 156-163

  Ehrenberger, Heidi E ^a   Alligood, Martha R ^a   Thomas, Sandra P ^a   Wallace, Debra C ^b   Licavoli, Cynthia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c St Johns Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Decision making; King's framework

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; ADULT; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMPIRICISM; METHODOLOGY; MOOD; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT SELECTION; THEORY;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 0036549368     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08943180222108822     Document Type: Article

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