Measuring therapeutic alliance between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer: The human connection scale

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3302-3311

  Mack, Jennifer W ^a,b,c   Block, Susan D ^b   Nilsson, Matthew ^b   Wright, Alexi ^b   Trice, Elizabeth ^b   Friedlander, Robert ^d   Paulk, Elizabeth ^e   Prigerson, Holly G ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d New Hampshire Oncology Hematology PA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Health related quality of life; Patient physician relationship; Peaceful acceptance; Terminal illness; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TRUST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 68549106101     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24360     Document Type: Article

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