Assertiveness with physicians is related to women's perceived roles in the medical encounter

Women and Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 15-33

  Andersen, M Robyn ^a,b   Abullarade, Janne ^a   Urban, Nicole ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assertiveness; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ASSERTIVENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WASHINGTON; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33646806800     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v42n02_02     Document Type: Article

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