Consultations for 'maladaptive denial of illness' in patients with cancer: Psychiatric disorders that result in noncompliance

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-149

  Kunkel, Elisabeth J Shakin ^a   Woods, Celia M ^b   Rodgers, Carla ^c   Myers, Ronald E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Progressions ^*  (United States)

^c Friends Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DELIRIUM; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DENIAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MELANOMA; MENTAL DISEASE; PANCREAS CANCER; PARANOIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARANOID DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SICK ROLE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0030811725     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199706)6:2<139::AID-PON256>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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