Breaking bad news: Experiences and preferences of advanced cancer patients at a Portuguese oncology centre

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 526-531

  Gonçalves, Ferraz ^a   Marques, Ágata ^a   Rocha, Sónia ^a   Leitão, Pedro ^a   Mesquita, Teresa ^a   Moutinho, Susana ^a  

^a PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Cancer patients; Cultural issues; Information disclosure; Palliative care patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 27844452084     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216305pm1070oa     Document Type: Article

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