Disclosing the cancer diagnosis: What contributes to patient satisfaction?

Onkologie

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 509-513

  Geiser, Franziska ^a   Bijani, Jasmin ^a   Imbierowicz, Katrin ^a   Conrad, Rupert ^a   Liedtke, Reinhard ^a   Schild, Hans ^a   Schüller, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Oncology; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33750298116     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095972     Document Type: Article

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