Communication and Cancer? Part I: The Noticeable Absence of Interactional Research

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-23

  Beach, Wayne A ^a,b   Anderson, Jennifer K ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Conversation analysis; Psychosocial oncology

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONVERSATION; COOPERATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONCOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ONCOLOGY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1642383316     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v21n03_01     Document Type: Review

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