Identifying barriers to patient acceptance of active surveillance: content analysis of online patient communications.

Qualitative research aimed at identifying patient acceptance of active surveillance (AS) has been identified as a public health research priority. The primary objective of this study was to determine if analysis of a large-sample of anonymous internet conversations (ICs) could be utilized to identif...

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Main Authors: Mark V Mishra, Michele Bennett, Armon Vincent, Olivia T Lee, Costas D Lallas, Edouard J Trabulsi, Leonard G Gomella, Adam P Dicker, Timothy N Showalter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3770634?pdf=render