Diffusion of breast conserving surgery in medical communities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-151

  Jerome D'Emilia, Bonnie ^a   Begun, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer treatment USA; Breast conserving surgery; Diffusion theory; Medical innovation

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DIFFUSION; HEALTH SERVICES;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RECORD; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THEORY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 5144234638     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.022     Document Type: Article

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