Impact of medical specialists' locus of control on communication skills in oncological interviews

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 502-509

  Libert, Y ^a,b,d   Janne, P ^a   Razavi, D ^b   Merckaert, I ^b   Scalliet, P ^a   Delvaux, N ^b   Etienne, A M ^c   Conradt, S ^c   Klastersky, J ^b   Boniver, J ^c   Reynaert, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Oncological interviews; Physicians' locus of control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037463239     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600797     Document Type: Article

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