Patterns and barriers in information disclosure between health care professionals and relatives with cancer patients in Greek society

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-181

  Mystakidou, K ^a   Tsilika, E ^a   Parpa, E ^a   Katsouda, E ^a   Vlahos, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disclosure; Greece; Information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FAMILY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SOCIETY; SUPPORT GROUP; TEAMWORK; THINKING;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURE; FAMILY; GREECE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 18644367531     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2005.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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