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29%OFFAnna Maslin - Breast Cancer: Sharing the Decision - 9780192629678 - KNW0005277
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Breast Cancer: Sharing the Decision

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Description for Breast Cancer: Sharing the Decision Paperback. Increasingly, patients with breast cancer are participating in the surgical and/or medical decision about their treatment. This text addresses issues relating to shared decision making and in particular those areas where a choice of treatment option involves some degree of risk/benefit analysis. Editor(s): Maslin, Anna; Powles, Trevor J. Num Pages: 282 pages, 20 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: GPQ; MJCL; MN; MQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Of all cancers, probably breast cancer is one of the most emotive. Increasingly patients with breast cancer are participating in the surgical and/or medical decision about their treatment. This involvement raises ethical issues about the rights of patients and their ability to give an informed consent, concerns about the process of communication betwen the medical staff and the patient, and also issues about the psychology of not only the woman with breast cancer, but also the doctor. This book addresses these issues relating to shared decision making and in particular those areas where a choice of treatment option involves some ... Read more

Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
OUP Oxford Oxford
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192629678
SKU
KNW0005277
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Reviews for Breast Cancer: Sharing the Decision
It is very fashionable and politically correct to talk about informed choice and shared decision making when it comes to doctor/patient relationships. However in practice most clinicians only pay lip service to this deal. Anna Maslin's book 'sharing the decisions' sets the record straight and describes the theory and practice of the true integration of the patients values and priorities ... Read more

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