Cancer patients seeking a second surgical opinion: Results of a study on motives, needs, and expectations

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1492-1497

  Mellink, Wilhelmina A M ^a   Dulmen, A M V ^a   Wiggers, Th ^a   Spreeuwenberg, P M M ^a   Eggermont, A M M ^a   Bensing, J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTIVATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; EMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0037842150     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2003.12.058     Document Type: Article

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