Congruence of knowledge, experiences, and preferences for disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis between terminally-ill cancer patients and their family caregivers in Taiwan

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 360-366

  Tang, Siew ^a   Liu, Tsang Wu ^b   Lai, Mei Shu ^c   Liu, Li Ni ^a   Chen, Chen Hsiu ^d   Koong, Shin Lan ^e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Cooperative Oncology Group   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Kang Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management   (Taiwan)

^e DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Congruence of preferences for information disclosure; End of life care; Information disclosure; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE; CANCER PATIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; TAIWAN; TERMINAL DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33745291029     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900600705284     Document Type: Article

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