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Do patients with advanced cancer value the physical examination?
Author(s) -
Hunt Daniel P.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.28678
Subject(s) - medicine , value (mathematics) , physical examination , cancer , surgery , statistics , mathematics
Patients with advanced cancer still value the physical examination, according to the study by Kadakia et al. The exam serves both pragmatic and symbolic purposes for patients.