Breaking the bad news of cancer: The patient’s perspective

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1064-1067

  Kim, Michael K ^a   Alvi, Aijaz ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bad news; Head and neck cancer; patient; physician relationship; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COMMUNICATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032983933     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199907000-00010     Document Type: Article

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