Patient and Clinician Characteristics That Predict Breast Cancer Screening Behavior in 40–49-Year-Old Women
Journal: Journal of patient-centered research and reviews
Year: 2021

Guidelines recommend that clinicians practice shared decision-making (SDM) with women in their 40s to discuss breast cancer screening. Traditionally, SDM includes discussion of values and preferences to help determine a decision that is congruent with what the patient desires. We analyzed 54 women's breast cancer screening decisions after a SDM conversation with their clinician. We looked at both patient and clinician characteristics that predicted whether or not a woman would get a screening ma