Talking to patients about cancer

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7059, 1996, Pages 699-700

  Buckman, Robert ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CANCER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; FAMILY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANCER; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EUROPE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SCOTLAND; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0029764670     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7059.699     Document Type: Editorial

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