Is there a role for decision aids in cancer-related decisions?

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 240-250

  Neuman, Heather B ^a,b   Charlson, Mary E ^b,c   Temple, Larissa K ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision aid; Decisional support; Oncology; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON CANCER; CONSULTATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 34247594529     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2006.12.006     Document Type: Review

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