An Individualized Approach to Cancer Screening Decisions in Older Adults: A Multilevel Framework

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 539-547

  Breslau, Erica S ^a   Gorin, Sherri Sheinfeld ^b,c   Edwards, Heather M ^d   Schonberg, Mara A ^e   Saiontz, Nicole ^a   Walter, Louise C ^f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d PATIENT CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Framework; Geriatric; Individualized screening; Multilevel; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REASSURANCE; SELF CARE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84960101784     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3629-y     Document Type: Article

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