Improving discussion of surgical treatment options for patients with breast cancer: local medical opinion leaders versus audit and performance feedback
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
- Vol. 61 (2), 171-175
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006475012861
Abstract
We studied whether a hospital intervention utilizing medical opinion leaders and performance feedback reduced the proportion of women who reported that surgeons did not discuss options prior to...Keywords
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