Treatment decision making and its discontents

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 614-634

  Sinding, Chris ^a   Wiernikowski, Jennifer ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cancer care; Social context of health care; Treatment decision making

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEOPLASM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 70449624095     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380902831303     Document Type: Article

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