Information seeking during "bad news" oncology interactions: Question asking by patients and their companions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2974-2985

  Eggly, Susan ^a   Penner, Louis A ^a   Greene, Meredith ^a   Harper, Felicity W K ^a   Ruckdeschel, John C ^a   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Information seeking; Physician patient communication; Question asking; USA

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONCOLOGY WARD; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; VIDEO RECORDING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750086071     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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