Physicians' attitudes about shared decision making for prostate cancer screening

Family Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Davis, Kimberly ^a   Haisfield, Lisa ^a   Dorfman, Caroline ^a   Krist, Alex ^b   Taylor, Kathryn L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955112835     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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