Patient-physician communication in oncology: What does the evidence show?

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-74

  Back, Anthony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER RELAPSE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; BURNOUT; EDUCATION; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33646875703     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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