Why do some patients prefer to leave decisions up to the doctor: Lack of self-efficacy or a matter of trust?

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 592-601

  Chawla, Neetu ^a   Arora, Neeraj K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Patient decision support; Patient preferences; Patient provider communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF EFFICACY; TRUST;

EID: 84888301520     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-013-0298-2     Document Type: Article

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