Disclosing the cancer diagnosis: The patients' experiences

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 878-882

  Loge, J H ^a   Kaasa, S ^b   Hytten, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Psychiatric Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

Neoplasms px (psychology); Patient satisfaction; Physician patient relations; Questionnaires; Truth disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0030739726     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)00001-4     Document Type: Article

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