Communication about family members' risk of melanoma: Self-reported practices of dermatologists in the United States

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 621-627

  Oliveria, Susan A ^a   Heneghan, Maureen K ^a   Halpern, Allan C ^a   Hay, Jennifer L ^a   Geller, Alan C ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DERMATOLOGIST; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; DERMATOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861404225     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.2515     Document Type: Article

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