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Fallowfield, Lesley – Patient Education and Counseling, 1997
Few differences in quality of life results are reported between different primary surgical treatments for breast cancer. Assumptions regarding the role of informed choice in psychosocial morbidity have not been substantiated, and fewer women than expected take an active role in decision making. Rigorous research is needed. (Author/EMK)
Descriptors: Body Image, Cancer, Decision Making, Females