A communication approach for oncologists: Understanding patient coping and communicating about bad news, palliative care, and hospice

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 475-480

  Jacobsen, Juliet ^a   Jackson, Vicki A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; End of life; Hospice; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 65349195600     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2009.0032     Document Type: Article

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