Invisible risks, emotional choices-mammography and medical decision making

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1549-1552

  Rosenbaum, Lisa ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84908080060     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMms1409003     Document Type: Article

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