Physicians' and women's views on hormone therapy and breast cancer risk after the WHI: A qualitative study

Women and Health

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 280-293

  Nekhlyudov, Larissa ^a,b   Bush, Terry ^c   Bonomi, Amy ^d   Ludman, Evette J ^e   Newton, Katherine ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c Free and Clear Inc   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hormone therapy; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WASHINGTON; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70350787230     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240903158446     Document Type: Article

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