Open communication between caregivers and terminally ill cancer patients: The role of caregivers' characteristics and situational variables

Health Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 524-531

  Bachner, Yaacov G ^a   Carmel, Sara ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SELF EFFICACY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 70349606398     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230903104913     Document Type: Article

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