Use of personalized decision analysis in decision making for palliative vs. surgical management of the oldest-old patients with localized skin cancer in a culturally sensitive environment: A case study of a 96-year-old male taiwanese patient

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 792-797

  Chien, Chun Ru ^a,b   Shih, Ya Chen Tina ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; Oldest old; personalized decision analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN CANCER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; DERMATOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84875734483     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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