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Second Opinion Seeking

Second Opinion Seeking is a decision-making strategy in the context of cancer diagnosis education whereby a patient or clinician consults an additional qualified medical professional to evaluate and corroborate initial diagnostic findings, thereby distinguishing it from primary diagnosis or unsolicited advisory consultations.

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375

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171

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Mandatory second opinion to reduce rates of unnecessary caesarean sections in Latin America: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Fernando Althabe, José M. Belizán, José Villar et al. · The Lancet · 2004 · 188 citations

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Why Do Patients Seek a Second Opinion or Alternative Medicine?

L. R. Sutherland, Marja J. Verhoef · Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology · 1994 · 129 citations

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Cancer Patients Seeking a Second Surgical Opinion: Results of a Study on Motives, Needs, and Expectations

W. A. M. Mellink, Th. Wiggers, Peter Spreeuwenberg et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2003 · 96 citations · Full text

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Changes in breast cancer therapy because of pathology second opinions

Valerie L. Staradub, Kathleen A. Messenger, Nanjiang Hao et al. · Annals of Surgical Oncology · 2002 · 91 citations

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Health Services as Credence Goods: a Field Experiment

Felix C.H. Gottschalk, Wanda Mimra, Christian Waibel · The Economic Journal · 2020 · 76 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JS
    Joseph S. Pliskin

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    6 publications · 171 citations

    6

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  2. ND
    Nadav Davidovitch

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    6 publications · 171 citations

    6

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  3. GG
    Geva Greenfield

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 159 citations

    5

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  4. MA
    Marij A. Hillen

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    5 publications · 158 citations

    5

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  5. IH
    Igal Hekselman

    Clalit Health Services, Israel

    4 publications · 99 citations

    4

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Institutions

171

  1. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    516 citations

  2. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    164 citations

  3. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    372 citations

  4. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    159 citations

  5. Clalit Health Services

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    198 citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    217 citations

  7. Amsterdam University Medical Centers

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    21 publications

    353 citations

  8. University of Vermont

    Burlington, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    150 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 9 publications · 202 citations

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  2. Annals of Surgical Oncology

    3 publications · 143 citations

    3

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  3. BMC Health Services Research

    3 publications · 58 citations

    3

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  4. American Journal of Roentgenology

    AJR · 2 publications · 37 citations

    3

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  5. Health Expectations

    2 publications · 70 citations

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