Breaking bad news in the transition from curative to palliative cancer care - Patient's view of the doctor giving the information

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 472-478

  Friedrichsen, M J ^a   Strang, P M ^a   Carlsson, M E ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Doctor patient communication; Palliative care; Patient's opinion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0033767969     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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