Exploring the effect of the referring general surgeon's attitudes on breast reconstruction utilization

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 292-297

  Stacey, D Heath ^a   Spring, Michelle A ^c   Breslin, Tara M ^b   Rao, Venkat K ^a   Gutowski, Karol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Division of Plastic Surgery ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 52249123675     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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