Physician-patient interaction and hysterectomy decision making: the ENDOW study. Ethnicity, Needs, and Decisions of Women.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVE:
To investigate physician-patient communication in the context of hysterectomy decision making.

METHODS:
A series of 17 focus groups with African American and white women (n=82) between the ages of 30 and 65 were run. Personal interviews with physicians (n=7) also were conducted. Transcripts were analyzed using NUD*IST software and note-based techniques.

RESULTS:
For both patients and physicians, the optimal physician-patient interaction would be for the physician to provide plain, usable information to the patient allowing the patient to make the hysterectomy decision.

CONCLUSIONS:
The current state of physician-patient interaction represents collaboration but not a shared approach approximating the deliberative model.

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Author information

Author/s: Richter, Donna L (DL); Kenzig, Melissa J (MJ); Greaney, Mary L (ML); McKeown, Robert E (RE); Saunders, Ruth P (RP); Corwin, Sara J (SJ);

Affiliation: Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208, USA. drichter(-atsign-)gwm.sc.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: American journal of health behavior (Am J Health Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2002 Nov-Dec; vol 26 (issue 6) : pp 431-41

Dates: Created 2002/11/19; Completed 2003/03/04; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12437018, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
African Americans - psychology
Aged
Attitude of Health Personnel
Decision Making
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Female
Focus Groups
Gynecology

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