Do patients and providers agree about the most important facts and goals for breast reconstruction decisions?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 563-566

  Lee, Clara N ^a   Hultman, C Scott ^a   Sepucha, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer treatment; Breast reconstruction; Breast surgery; Cancer reconstruction; Decision aid; Decision making; Patient provider communication; Preferences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MOTIVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77951768732     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181c01279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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