Is mastectomy overused? A call for an expanded research agenda

Health Services Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 417-431

  Lantz, Paula M ^a   Zemencuk, Judith K ^a   Katz, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036552273     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.030     Document Type: Article

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