Different attitudes of Chinese patients and their families toward truth telling of different stages of cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 928-936

  Jiang, Yu ^a,b   Liu, Chang ^a   Li, Jun Ying ^b   Huang, Mei Juan ^a,b   Yao, Wen Xiu ^a   Zhang, Ru ^a   Yao, Bing ^a   Du, Xiao Bo ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Xie, Ke ^a   Zhao, Xia ^b   Wei, Yu Quan ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disclosure; Family member; Oncology; Patient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH CANCER; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 35548972933     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1156     Document Type: Article

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