Patient-physician communication during outpatient palliative treatment visits: An observational study

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1351-1357

  Detmar, Symone B ^a   Muller, Martin J ^a   Wever, Liowina D V ^a   Schornagel, Jan H ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; AMBULATORY CARE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AMBULATORY CARE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENTS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035857808     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.10.1351     Document Type: Article

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