Determinants and patient-reported long-term outcomes of physician empathy in oncology: A structural equation modelling approach

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 69, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 63-75

  Neumann, Melanie ^a   Wirtz, Markus ^b   Bollschweiler, Elfriede ^c   Mercer, Stewart W ^d   Warm, Mathias ^c   Wolf, Jürgen ^e   Pfaff, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Cologne   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; CARE measure; Depression; Information; Physician empathy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 35748951308     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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