Fourth Annual Chicago Supportive Oncology Conference

Patients seeking second medical hematology/oncology opinions in the United States: a report of their demographics and disease processes

Kelly K. Curtis, MD, and Donald W. Northfelt, MD

Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ

The seeking and rendering of second opinions are common occurrences in the routine delivery of medical care in the United States. Virtually all subspecialties of medicine offer second opinions to patients seeking them. For patients and the medical community alike, however, the benefit associated with obtaining a second opinion remains unclear.

Commun Oncol 2007;4:151–154   print e-mail full text 94 kb