Physicians don't ask, sometimes patients tell: Disclosure of sexual orientation among women with breast carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1882-1889

  Boehmer, Ulrike ^a,b   Case, Patricia ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Female; Homosexuality; Interviews; Lesbian; Physician patient relations; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BISEXUALITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 4744371113     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20563     Document Type: Article

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