European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 708-713 , June 2010

Information Communicated with Patients in Decision Making about their Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

  • A.M. Knops

      Affiliations

    • Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • D.T. Ubbink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • D.A. Legemate

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • J.C.J.M. de Haes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • A. Goossens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Quality Assurance and Process Innovation, room A3-503, Academic Medical Center, P.O. Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 20 5665283.

Received 24 December 2009 ,Accepted 19 February 2010.

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PII: S1078-5884(10)00118-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.02.012

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 708-713 , June 2010

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