Cancer and communication: Information-giving in an oncology clinic

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 282, Issue 6274, 1981, Pages 1449-1451

  Sanson Fisher, R W ^b   Poole, A Desmond ^b   Harker, Jennifer ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THERAPY;

CANCER; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0019433360     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.282.6274.1449     Document Type: Article

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