Communication between physicians and with patients suffering from breast cancer

Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 415-419

  Van Der Kam, W J ^c   Branger, P J ^a   Van Bemmel, J H ^a   Meyboom de Jong, B ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL DE WEEZENLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Communication; Family practice; GP; Medical oncology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031742472     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/15.5.415     Document Type: Article

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