Caring and compassion were once often the only" treatment" available to clinicians. The
Institute of Medicine (IOM) defined patient centered care as" care that is respectful of and …

Background Decision aids are interventions that support patients by making their decisions
explicit, providing information about options and associated benefits/harms, and helping …

Background. Advance directives for medical care and the designation of proxy decision
makers to guide medical care after a patient has become incompetent have been widely …

A symptom index for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) was developed and validated by a
multidisciplinary measurement committee of the American Urological Association (AUA). …

Importance Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death for both men and
women, with an estimated 52 980 persons in the US projected to die of colorectal cancer in …

Background The effectiveness of surgery versus observation for men with localized prostate
cancer detected by means of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing is not known. Methods …

Importance Lung cancer is the second most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer
death in the US. In 2020, an estimated 228 820 persons were diagnosed with lung cancer, …

Purpose : To revise the 2003 version of the American Urological Association's (AUA) Guideline
on the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Materials and Methods : From …

Purpose : The guideline purpose is to provide the urologist with a framework for the early
detection of prostate cancer in asymptomatic average risk men. Materials and Methods : A …

Importance The number of deaths from cervical cancer in the United States has decreased
substantially since the implementation of widespread cervical cancer screening and has …