What women wish they knew before prophylactic mastectomy

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Rolnick, Sharon J ^a   Altschuler, Andrea ^b   Nekhlyudov, Larissa ^c   Elmore, Joann G ^d   Greene, Sarah M ^e   Harris, Emily L ^f   Herrinton, Lisa J ^b   Barton, Mary B ^c   Geiger, Ann M ^g   Fletcher, Suzanne W ^c  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Informational needs; Prophylactic mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547599704     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000281733.40856.c4     Document Type: Article

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