Patient satisfaction with treatment of breast cancer: Does surgeon specialization matter?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3694-3698

  Waljee, Jennifer F ^a   Hawley, Sarah ^a   Alderman, Amy K ^a   Morrow, Monica ^a   Katz, Steven J ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 34548481532     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.10.9272     Document Type: Article

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