Decision-making process of patients with gynecological cancer regarding their cancer treatment choices using the analytic hierarchy process

Japan Journal of Nursing Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-157

  Kitamura, Yuko ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Cancer; Decision making; Priority; Treatment choice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 78649620091     PISSN: 17427932     EISSN: 17427924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7924.2010.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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