The association between breast surgeons' attitudes toward breast reconstruction and their reconstruction-related information-giving behaviors: A nationwide survey in Japan

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1507-1514

  Takahashi, Miyako ^a   Kai, Ichiro ^b   Hisata, Mitsuru ^b   Higashi, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY;

EID: 33751002349     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000233149.36751.d2     Document Type: Article

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