Unmet needs in information flow between breast cancer patients, their spouses, and physicians

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 663-668

  Salminen, E ^a   Vire, J ^a   Poussa, T ^b   Knifsund, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b STAT Consulting   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Information; Physician; Spouse

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPOUSE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES;

EID: 4644253764     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-003-0578-x     Document Type: Article

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