The art of medicine: Decision making and fear in the midst of life

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9724, 2010, Pages 1430-1431

  Aronowitz, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADVANCED CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEAR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; MANAGEMENT; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNITED STATES; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DECISION MAKING; FEAR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952294389     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60610-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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