Negative emotions in cancer care: Do oncologists' responses depend on severity and type of emotion?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-56

  Kennifer, Sarah L ^a   Alexander, Stewart C ^a,b   Pollak, Kathryn I ^a   Jeffreys, Amy S ^b   Olsen, Maren K ^b   Rodriguez, Keri L ^c,d   Arnold, Robert M ^d   Tulsky, James A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Doctor patient relations; Emotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RECORDING; RISK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 66549098448     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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