Patients' views on follow up of colorectal cancer: Implications for risk communication and decision making

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 933, 2003, Pages 403-407

  Papagrigoriadis, S ^a   Heyman, B ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; APPETITE DISORDER; ATTITUDE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POLICY; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0042161487     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.933.403     Document Type: Review

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