The truth-telling issue and changes in lifestyle in patients with cancer

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 693-697

  Kostopoulou, V ^a,c   Katsouyanni, K ^b  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSTATE CANCER; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, CLINICAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33845750552     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.015487     Document Type: Article

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