Patient-oncologist communication in advanced cancer: Predictors of patient perception of prognosis

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1049-1057

  Robinson, Tracy M ^a,b   Alexander, Stewart C ^c,d   Hays, Margie ^e   Jeffreys, Amy S ^c   Olsen, Maren K ^c,d   Rodriguez, Keri L ^e,f   Pollak, Kathryn I ^d,g   Abernethy, Amy P ^d,g   Arnold, Robert ^e   Tulsky, James A ^c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Medical oncology; Physician patient relations; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OPTIMISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PESSIMISM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 49349115173     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0372-2     Document Type: Article

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