Measuring and managing patient expectations for breast reconstruction: Impact on quality of life and patient satisfaction

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-158

  Pusic, Andrea L ^a   Klassen, Anne F ^b   Snell, Laura ^c   Cano, Stefan J ^d   McCarthy, Colleen ^a   Scott, Amie ^a   Cemal, Yeliz ^a   Rubin, Lisa R ^e   Cordeiro, Peter G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; breast reconstruction; expectations; health related quality of life; patient education; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXPECTATION; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859474751     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erp.11.105     Document Type: Review

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