Perceptions of supportive communication in Chinese patients with cancer: Experiences and expectations

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 262-270

  Liu, Jun E ^a   Mok, Esther ^b   Wong, Thomas ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Emotion; Information; Interviews; Nursing; Patient

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 26944483119     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03583.x     Document Type: Article

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