Bringing the patient back in: Guidelines, practice variations, and the social context of medical practice

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 747-761

  Greer, Ann Lennarson ^a   Goodwin, James S ^b   Freeman, Jean L ^b   Wu, Z Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Consensus conference; Patient preferences; Practice guidelines; Practice variation

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES, NIH; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036767484     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462302000569     Document Type: Review

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