'I'll do what they did": Social norm information and cancer treatment decisions

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-229

  Zikmund Fisher, Brian J ^a,b   Windschitl, Paul D ^c   Exe, Nicole ^a,b   Ubel, Peter A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment decisions; Decision making; Descriptive norm information; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; RISK;

EID: 80053980407     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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