Caregivers' role in breaking bad news: Patients, doctors, and nurses' points of view

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 302-308

  Rassin, Michal ^a,b   Levy, Orna ^a   Schwartz, Tirza ^a   Silner, Dina ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Nursing Care Management   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Caregivers; Emotions; Information; Patients with cancer; Support patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33746835342     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200607000-00009     Document Type: Article

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