Open AccessQuality of Patient Decisions About Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
Author(s) -
Clara Nan-hi Lee,
Allison M. Deal,
Ruth Huh,
Peter A. Ubel,
Yuen-Jong Liu,
Lillian Burdick Blizard,
Caprice Hunt,
Michael Pig
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0977
Subject(s) - medicine , mastectomy , breast reconstruction , quality (philosophy) , general surgery , medline , mammaplasty , breast cancer , medical physics , surgery , cancer , philosophy , epistemology , political science , law
Breast reconstruction has the potential to improve a person's body image and quality of life but has important risks. Variations in who undergoes breast reconstruction have led to questions about the quality of patient decisions.
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