Who decides about prostate cancer treatment? A qualitative study

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 724-729

  Cohen, Howard ^b   Britten, Nicky ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Elizabeth House Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Physician patient relations; Prostate neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0347597736     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg617     Document Type: Article

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