Cancer patients' perception of the quality of communication before and after the implementation of a communication strategy in a regional cancer center in India

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4771-4775

  Nayak, Sukdev ^a   Pradhan, Jeeta Parija B ^a   Reddy, Suresh ^a   Palmer, J Lynn ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; REVIEW; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIVACY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 23044477076     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.12.971     Document Type: Review

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