Patient satisfaction after treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1041-1049

  Asgari, Maryam M ^b,c   Bertenthal, Daniel ^d   Sen, Saunak ^c,d   Sahay, Anju ^d   Chren, Mary Margaret ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHEMOSURGERY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE SHORT FORM 18; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; SKIN CANCER; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67650708726     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01181.x     Document Type: Article

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