Recipients' perspective on breaking bad news: How you put it really makes a difference

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 58, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 244-251

  Mast, Marianne Schmid ^a   Kindlimann, Annette ^a   Langewitz, Wolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Breast cancer; Patient centered communication; Physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 23944444313     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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