Cancer information disclosure in different cultural contexts

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-154

  Mystakidou, Kyriaki ^a   Parpa, Efi ^a   Tsilika, Eleni ^a   Katsouda, Emmanuela ^a   Vlahos, Lambros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Culture; Family; Health care professionals; Information disclosure

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 1642348585     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-003-0552-7     Document Type: Review

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