Informing patients about cancer in Nepal: What do people prefer?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 471-476

  Gongal, Rajesh ^a   Vaidya, Pradeep ^a   Jha, Rajshree ^a   Rajbhandary, Om ^a   Watson, Max ^b  

^a Hospice Nepal ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Cancer diagnosis; Disclosure; Nepal; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEPAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEPAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33746174690     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216306pm1154oa     Document Type: Article

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