Physiological and psychological effects of delivering medical news using a simulated physician-patient scenario

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 459-471

  Cohen, Lorenzo ^a   Baile, Walter F ^a   Henninger, Evelyn ^b   Agarwal, Sandeep K ^b   Kudelka, Andrzej P ^a   Lenzi, Renato ^a   Sterner, Janet ^a   Marshall, Gailen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Medical news; Natural killer cell function; Simulated medical interviews

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SIMULATION; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0141955054     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025724118504     Document Type: Article

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