"Nothing is wrong, doctor": Understanding and managing denial in patients with cancer

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-76

  Rabinowitz, Terry ^a,b   Peirson, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive denial; Coping style; Defense mechanism; Denial; Maladaptive denial; Treatment delay; Treatment seeking; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; DENIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FAMILY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 32644478410     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900500449678     Document Type: Review

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