Effect of breaking bad news on patients' perceptions of doctors

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 343-347

  Barnett, Mandy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036066889     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.95.7.343     Document Type: Article

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