Challenges faced by palliative care physicians when caring for doctors with advanced cancer

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-76

  Noble, Simon I R ^a,b   Nelson, A ^b   Finlay, I G ^b,c  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Doctor patients; Illness behaviour; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Palliative; Qualiative

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL NEEDS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 40449127175     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307084607     Document Type: Article

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