Improving informed consent: Pilot of a decision aid for women invited to participate in a breast cancer prevention trial (IBIS-II DCIS)

Health Expectations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-262

  Juraskova, I ^a   Butow, P ^a   Lopez, A ^a   Seccombe, M ^b   Coates, A ^b   Boyle, F ^a   McCarthy, N ^c   Reaby, L ^b   Forbes, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer prevention trial (IBIS II DCIS); Clinical trials; Decision aid; Decision making; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; PLACEBO; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DUCT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 49749084874     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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