Communication preferences and needs of cancer patients: The importance of content

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 789-791

  Surbone, Antonella ^a,b  

^a New York University   (Italy)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONESTY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TRANSLATING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33745959588     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0027-8     Document Type: Editorial

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