Telling the truth about cancer: Views of elderly patients and their relatives

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 104-105

  Noone, I ^a   Crowe, M ^a   Pillay, I ^a   O'Keeffe, S T ^a  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0033817415     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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