Women's hysterectomy experiences and decision-making

Women and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-67

  Uskul, Ayse K ^a   Ahmad, Farah ^b   Leyland, Nicholas A ^c   Stewart, Donna E ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Hysterectomy; Illness experience; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GROUPS BY AGE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0242692510     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v38n01_04     Document Type: Article

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