The Development of a Patient Decision Aid for Patients with Rectal Cancer

Context: Rectal cancer treatment decisions involve tradeoffs between outcomes like living with a permanent stoma versus long-term bowel dysfunction. The needs of rectal cancer patients and practitioners to partake in shared decision making are unknown. For such a complex decision, a patient decis...

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Main Author: Scheer, Adena Sarah
Other Authors: O'Connor, Annette
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19955
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4571