Discussing bad news in the outpatient oncology clinic: Rethinking current communication guidelines

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 716-719

  Eggly, Susan ^a   Penner, Louis ^a   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a   Cline, Rebecca J W ^a   Foster, Tanina ^a   Naughton, Michael ^a   Peterson, Amy ^a   Ruckdeschel, John C ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ETHICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33644840751     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.0577     Document Type: Article

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