Patient-physician communication barriers regarding fertility preservation among newly diagnosed cancer patients

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 784-789

  Quinn, Gwendolyn P ^a,d   Vadaparampil, Susan T ^a,d   Bell Ellison, Bethany A ^b   Gwede, Clement K ^a,d   Albrecht, Terrance L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral research; Cancer survivorship; Fertility preservation; Health communication; Physician communication

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH WORK; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FERTILITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENTHOOD; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OVUM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249020514     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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