Patients' understanding of medical terminology used in the breast clinic

Breast

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 836-838

  O'Connell, R L ^a   Hartridge Lambert, S K ^a   Din, N ^a   St John, E R ^a   Hitchins, C ^a   Johnson, T ^a  

^a ASHFORD AND ST PETER'S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CLINIC; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPREHENSION; CONSULTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; ONCOLOGIST; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; SURGEON;

BREAST CANCER; PATIENT EDUCATION;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884147230     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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