The effects of process-focused versus experience-focused narratives in a breast cancer treatment decision task

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-264

  Shaffer, Victoria A ^a   Hulsey, Lukas ^b   Zikmund Fisher, Brian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Decision making; Decision support; Narratives; Patient decision aids

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST CANCER; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT; NARRATIVES; PATIENT DECISION AIDS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84885381419     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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