Communication of a cancer diagnosis: Patients' perceptions of when they were first told they had cancer

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-56

  Walsh, Declan ^a   Nelson, Kristine A ^b  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cancer Treatment Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Diagnosis; Palliative medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OHIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0037271380     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990910302000112     Document Type: Article

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