'Well, have I got cancer or haven't I?' The psycho-social issues for women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ

Health Expectations

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 310-318

  De Morgan, Simone ^a,b,f   Redman, Sally ^a   White, Kate J ^c   Cakir, Burcu ^d   Boyages, John ^e  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

^f NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Doctor patient communication; Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS); Patient information; Patient satisfaction; psycho social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036898834     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2002.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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