Physician, patient, and contextual factors affecting treatment decisions in older adults with cancer and models of decision making: A literature review

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tariman, Joseph D ^a   Berry, Donna L ^b   Cochrane, Barbara ^c   Doorenbos, Ardith ^c   Schepp, Karen G ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84855514538     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.E70-E83     Document Type: Review

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