Communication and consumer decision making about cancer clinical trials

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-42

  Albrecht, Terrance L ^a   Ruckdeschel, John C ^a,b   Riddle, Dawn L ^a   Blanchard, Christina G ^a   Penner, Louis A ^a,c   Coovert, Michael D ^a,c   Quinn, Gwendolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Mediating effects; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038629462     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00078-8     Document Type: Review

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