Oncologists' assessments of lung cancer patient and family disagreements regarding treatment decision making

Lung Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 212-216

  Siminoff, Laura A ^a   Dorflinger, Lindsey ^a   Agyemang, Amma ^a   Baker, Sherman ^a   Wilson Genderson, Maureen ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Decision making; Family caregivers; Lung cancer; Patient care; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84861754975     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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