Gambling with your life: The process of breast cancer treatment decision making in Chinese women

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Lam, Wendy W T ^a   Fielding, Richard ^a   Chan, Miranda ^b   Chow, Louis ^a   Or, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL RISK; THEORY;

EID: 12344323774     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.803     Document Type: Article

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