Are patients making high-quality decisions about breast reconstruction after mastectomy?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-26

  Lee, Clara N ^a   Belkora, Jeff ^a   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Moy, Beverly ^a   Partridge, Ann ^a   Sepucha, Karen ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS;

EID: 78651334522     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181f958de     Document Type: Article

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