Preferences of cancer patients regarding the disclosure of bad news

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 573-581

  Fujimori, Maiko ^a   Akechi, Tatsuo ^a,b   Morita, Tatsuya ^c   Inagaki, Masatoshi ^a   Akizuki, Nobuya ^a   Sakano, Yuji ^d   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bad news; Cancer; Communication; Patient physician relationship; Patients' preference

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPANESE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34447252145     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1093     Document Type: Article

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