Decision making and counseling around mammography screening for women aged 80 or older

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 979-985

  Schonberg, Mara A ^a,c   Ramanan, Radhika A ^b   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a   Marcantonio, Edward R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Elderly; Mammography; Screening; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COUNSELING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33746555365     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02743148     Document Type: Article

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