An exploration of patient decision-making for autologous breast reconstructive surgery following a mastectomy

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-110

  Begum, Shelima ^a   Grunfeld, Elizabeth A ^a   Ho Asjoe, Mark ^b   Farhadi, Jian ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Decision making; Information; Mastectomy; Reasons

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST PROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958697761     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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