When the diagnosis is cancer: Patient communication experiences and preferences

Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2630-2637

  Butow, Phyllis N ^a   Kazemi, John N ^b   Beeney, Linda J ^a   Griffin, Anne Marie ^b   Dunn, Stewart M ^a   Tattersall, Martin H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

breast cancer; diagnosis; melanoma; physician patient communication; psychologic adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030012416     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960615)77:12<2630::AID-CNCR29>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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