Receiving bad news: Patients with haematological cancer reflect upon their experience

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 594-601

  Randall, Tina C ^a,c   Wearn, Andy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Diagnosis of cancer; Physician patient relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HONESTY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NARRATIVE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 31144437869     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216305pm1080oa     Document Type: Article

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