Doctor-patient communication: Results of a four-year prospective study in rectal cancer patients

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1038-1046

  Kerr, Jacqueline ^a   Engel, Jutta ^a   Schlesinger Raab, Anne ^a   Sauer, Hansjörg ^b   Hölzel, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Quality of life; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINANCE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; OBSERVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0042529120     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-7278-6     Document Type: Article

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