Communication between physicians and older women with localized breast cancer: Implications for treatment and patient satisfaction

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1008-1016

  Liang, Wenchi ^a   Burnett, Caroline B ^a   Rowland, Julia H ^a   Meropol, Neal J ^a   Eggert, Lynne ^a   Hwang, Yi Ting ^a   Silliman, Rebecca A ^a   Weeks, Jane C ^a   Mandelblatt, Jeanne S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0037083567     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.20.4.1008     Document Type: Article

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