Lay understanding of terms used in cancer consultations

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 557-566

  Chapman, Kristina ^a   Abraham, Charles ^a   Jenkins, Valerie ^a   Fallowfield, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COMPREHENSION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION MODEL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUMOR GROWTH; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANATOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0043196912     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.673     Document Type: Article

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