The impact of physicians' reactions to uncertainty on patients' decision satisfaction

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 575-578

  Politi, Mary C ^a   Clark, Melissa A ^b   Ombao, Hernando ^c   Légaré, France ^d,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University Laval   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

reactions to uncertainty; shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961060642     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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