Decision making in older patients with advanced cancer: Does doctor know best?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-39

  Venkateswaran, Lakshmi P ^a   Butow, Phyllis N ^b   Jansen, Jesse ^b   Wilcken, Nicholas R C ^b   Wong, Mark K ^a   Hui, Rina ^a   Szonyi, George ^c   Gebski, Val J ^b   Naganathan, Vasi ^b   Horvath, Lisa G ^c   Tattersall, Martin H N ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84857813761     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10907     Document Type: Article

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