Cancer patients' reluctance to disclose their emotional distress to their physicians: A study of Japanese patients with lung cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 460-465

  Okuyama, Toru ^a,b   Endo, Chiharu ^a,b   Seto, Takashi ^b   Kato, Takashi ^b   Kato, Masashi ^b   Seki, Nobuhiko ^b   Akechi, Tatsuo ^a   Furukawa, Toshiaki A ^a   Eguchi, Kenji ^b   Hosaka, Takashi ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Depression; Oncology; Psycho oncology

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JAPANESE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 44949217707     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1255     Document Type: Article

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