Aiding medical decision making: A communication perspective

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 550-553

  Street Jr , Richard L ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; DECISION AID; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148815263     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X07307581     Document Type: Review

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