Cancer Patients' Desires for Communication of Prognosis Information

Health Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-241

  Kaplowitz, Stan A ^a   Campo, Shelly ^b   Chiu, Wai Tat ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0036358003     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327027HC1402_4     Document Type: Article

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