Psychological responses of patients receiving a diagnosis of cancer

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-56

  Schofield, P E ^d   Butow, P N ^a   Thompson, J F ^b   Tattersall, M H N ^a   Beeney, L J ^a   Dunn, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Communication; Diagnosis; Melanoma; Psychological adjustment; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SKIN BIOPSY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 12244250350     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdg010     Document Type: Article

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