'What does it mean?' Uncertainty, trust and communication following treatment for pre-cancerous cervical abnormalities

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 525-533

  Juraskova, Ilona ^a   Butow, Phyllis ^a   Sharpe, Louise ^a   Campion, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Pre invase cervical abnormalities; Psychological responses; Qualitative researh

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRECANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRUST; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSES; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447255005     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1104     Document Type: Article

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