Methods of communicating a primary diagnosis of breast cancer to patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Lockhart, Karen ^a   Dosser, I ^b   Cruickshank, S ^b   Kennedy, C ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Communication; Breast neoplasms *diagnosis; psychology ; Female; Humans; Mental recall; Patient satisfaction; Truth disclosure

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; TELEPHONE;

EID: 44949181910     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006011.pub2     Document Type: Review

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