Patient attitudes, behaviours, and other factors considered by doctors when estimating cancer patients' anxiety and desire for information

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-529

  Fröjd, Camilla ^a   Lampic, Claudia ^a,b   Larsson, Gunnel ^c   Birgegård, Gunnar ^c   Von Essen, Louise ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Doctor; Information; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CUES; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36349025235     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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