Changes in Physicians' Attitudes Toward Telling the Cancer Patient

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 241, Issue 9, 1979, Pages 897-900

  Novack, Dennis H ^a   Plumer, Robin ^b   Smith, Raymond L ^b   Morrow, Gary R ^b   Ochitill, Herbert ^c   Bennett, John M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CANCER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

CANCER; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; STANDARDS; SURVEY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0018745051     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1979.03290350017012     Document Type: Article

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