Lack of communication between healthcare professionals and women with ovarian cancer about sexual issues

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 666-671

  Stead, M L ^a   Brown, J M ^b   Fallowfield, L ^c   Selby, P ^d  

^a Arthington House   (United Kingdom)

^b Clinical Trials Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Ovarian cancer; Sex behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0037430006     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600799     Document Type: Article

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