Surgical pathology and the patient: A systematic review evaluating the primary audience of pathology reports

Human Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2192-2201

  Mossanen, Matthew ^a   True, Lawrence D ^b   Wright, Jonathan L ^a   Vakar Lopez, Funda ^b   Lavallee, Danielle ^a   Gore, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Pathology report; Patient centered outcomes research; Surgical pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; SURGERY; SURGICAL PATHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH LITERACY; MEDICAL RECORD;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84908366939     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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