Using personality characteristics to individualize information to cancer patient

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-420

  Kallergis, Georgios ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer patient; Informing; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 53849101869     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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