Stephen J Spann
Biographic Data
| ID | 7161798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen J Spann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen J |
| FAMILY NAME | Spann |
| SIGNATURE | SPANN S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Preliminary testing of a just‐in‐time, user‐defined values clarification exercise to aid lower literate women in making informed breast cancer treatment decisions
Objective To report on the initial testing of a values clarification exercise utilizing a jewellery box within a computerized patient decision aid (CPtDA) designed to assist women in making a surgical breast cancer treatment decision. Design Pre‐post design, with patients interviewed after diagnosis, and then after completing the CPtDA sometime later at their preoperative visit. Sample Fifty‐one female patients, who are low literate and naïve com…
Psychological benefits of prostate cancer screening
Objectives The role of reassurance in decision‐making about screening for health problems is largely unknown. We examined the reassurance value of prostate cancer screening in primary care patients. Setting and participants One hundred and sixty eight men, aged 45–70 years, who had no history of prostate cancer, from three family medicine practices in southeast Texas. Methods A hypothetical scenario was developed where men were asked to assume th…
Family medicine
Adequate primary care services are crucial to health care delivery systems in both the developed and the developing world. The characteristics of family medicine have made it an attractive model for achieving this goal for an increasing number of countries around the world. Family medicine can be viewed as the medical application of the primary health care (PHC) model, serving as the interface between PHC and the traditional health care system. T…
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Family medicine
Adequate primary care services are crucial to health care delivery systems in both the developed and the developing world. The characteristics of family medicine have made it an attractive model for achieving this goal for an increasing number of countries around the world. Family medicine can be viewed as the medical application of the primary health care (PHC) model, serving as the interface between PHC and the traditional health care system. T…
Psychological benefits of prostate cancer screening
Objectives The role of reassurance in decision‐making about screening for health problems is largely unknown. We examined the reassurance value of prostate cancer screening in primary care patients. Setting and participants One hundred and sixty eight men, aged 45–70 years, who had no history of prostate cancer, from three family medicine practices in southeast Texas. Methods A hypothetical scenario was developed where men were asked to assume th…
Preliminary testing of a just‐in‐time, user‐defined values clarification exercise to aid lower literate women in making informed breast cancer treatment decisions
Objective To report on the initial testing of a values clarification exercise utilizing a jewellery box within a computerized patient decision aid (CPtDA) designed to assist women in making a surgical breast cancer treatment decision. Design Pre‐post design, with patients interviewed after diagnosis, and then after completing the CPtDA sometime later at their preoperative visit. Sample Fifty‐one female patients, who are low literate and naïve com…
Family medicine (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Cancer (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Alternative medicine (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · BRCA gene mutations in cancer (1 work) · Breast cancer (1 work) · Cancer screening (1 work) · Cancer survivorship and care (1 work)