Variation in physician-patient discussion of breast reconstruction

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-104

  Chen, Judy Y ^a   Malin, Jennifer ^b   Ganz, Patricia A ^a   Ko, Clifford ^a   Tisnado, Diana ^a   Tao, May Lin ^a,c   Timmer, Martha ^d   Adams, John L ^d   Kahn, Katherine L ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Valley Radiotherapy Associates Medical Group   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Decision making; Low income

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 58149174066     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0855-y     Document Type: Article

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