Qualitative analysis of how patients decide that they want risk-reducing mastectomy, and the implications for surgeons in responding to emotionally-motivated patient requests

OBJECTIVE: Contemporary approaches to medical decision-making advise that clinicians should respect patients’ decisions. However, patients’ decisions are often shaped by heuristics, such as being guided by emotion, rather than by objective risk and benefit. Risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) decisions f...

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Autores principales: Brown, Stephen L., Whiting, Demian, Fielden, Hannah G., Saini, Pooja, Beesley, Helen, Holcombe, Christopher, Holcombe, Susan, Greenhalgh, Lyn, Fairburn, Louise, Salmon, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5446175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28552971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178392

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5446175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28552971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178392

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