How are decisions made in cancer care? A qualitative study using participant observation of current practice

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Hahlweg, Pola ^a   Härter, Martin ^a   Nestoriuc, Yvonne ^a,b   Scholl, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Schon Klinik Hamburg Eilbek   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER CENTER; CONSULTATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COORDINATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SHARED DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NEOPLASM; OBSERVATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 85030224702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016360     Document Type: Article

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