Health professional and consumer views on involving breast cancer patients in the multidisciplinary discussion of their disease and treatment plan

Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1937-1944

  Butow, Phyllis ^a   Harrison, James D ^a,b   Choy, Ellis T ^b   Young, Jane M ^a   Spillane, Andrew ^b   Evans, Alison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c National Breast Cancer Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Consumer participation; Decision making; Multidisciplinary care; Multidisciplinary communication; Patient care management; Patient care team; Patient centered care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHARED DECISION MAKING; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35649028776     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23007     Document Type: Article

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