" I like to be an informed person but..." negotiating responsibility for treatment decisions in cancer care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1094-1101

  Sinding, Christina ^a   Hudak, Pamela ^b   Wiernikowski, Jennifer ^c   Aronson, Jane ^a   Miller, Pat ^a   Gould, Judy ^b   Fitzpatrick Lewis, Donna ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Canada; Cancer care; Empowerment; Health professional patient relations; Patient responsibilities; Physicians; Treatment decision making; Women

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TREATMENT; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPOWERMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPONSIBILITY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77955585877     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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