Being asked not to tell: Nurses' experiences of caring for cancer patients not told their diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1149-1157

  Kendall, Sharon ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Clinical learning; Cultural influences; Non disclosure; Nurse patient relationship; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONFLICT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33747074873     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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