Missed opportunities for interval empathy in lung cancer communication

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1853-1858

  Morse, Diane S ^a,b,c,d   Edwardsen, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Gordon, Howard S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGEON; TRUST;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 52649165717     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.17.1853     Document Type: Article

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