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Primary Care Physicians’ Use of an Informed Decision-Making Process for Prostate Cancer Screening

Robert J. Volk, Suzanne K. Linder, Michael A. Kallen, James M. Galliher, Mindy S. Spano, Patricia Dolan Mullen and Stephen J. Spann
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2013, 11 (1) 67-74; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1445
Robert J. Volk
1Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Suzanne K. Linder
1Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Michael A. Kallen
2Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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James M. Galliher
3American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network; Department of Sociology, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
4Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Denver, Denver, Colorado
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Mindy S. Spano
3American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network; Department of Sociology, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
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Patricia Dolan Mullen
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Stephen J. Spann
6Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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vol. 11 no. 1 67-74
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1445
PubMed 
23319508

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication December 29, 2011
  • Revision received May 25, 2012
  • Accepted for publication July 17, 2012
  • Published online January 14, 2013.

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  1. Robert J. Volk, PhD1⇓,
  2. Suzanne K. Linder, PhD1,
  3. Michael A. Kallen, PhD, MPH2,
  4. James M. Galliher, PhD3,4,
  5. Mindy S. Spano3,
  6. Patricia Dolan Mullen, DrPH5 and
  7. Stephen J. Spann, MD, MBA6
  1. 1Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
  2. 2Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
  3. 3American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network; Department of Sociology, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
  4. 4Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Denver, Denver, Colorado
  5. 5Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
  6. 6Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Robert J. Volk, PhD, Department of General Internal Medicine The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1465 Houston, TX 77030 bvolk{at}mdanderson.org

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The Annals of Family Medicine Jan 2013, 11 (1) 67-74; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1445

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