Patient information preferences among breast and prostate cancer patients

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-158

  Sharpley, C F ^a,b   Christie, D R H ^a  

^a John Flynn Hospital   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Information; Preference; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF REPORT; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33947275395     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01687.x     Document Type: Article

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