Appraisal of communication skills and patients' satisfaction in cross-language encounters in oncology practice

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 216-221

  Ibrahim, Ezzeldin M ^a   Al Saad, Raghad ^a   Wishi, Amr L ^a   Khafaga, Yasser M ^a   El Hussainy, Gamal ^a   Nabhan, Arwa ^a   Ezzat, Adnan A ^a   Ajarim, Dahish S ^a   Bazarbashi, Shouki ^a   Radwi, Amer ^a   Al Amro, Abdullah ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036932238     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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