Impact of physicians' personal discomfort and patient prognosis on discussion of fertility preservation with young cancer patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-343

  Quinn, Gwendolyn P ^a,b   Vadaparampil, Susan T ^a,b   King, Lindsey ^a   Miree, Cheryl A ^a   Wilson, Crystal ^a   Raj, Opal ^a   Watson, Jordan ^a   Lopez, Alana ^a   Albrecht, Terrance L ^c  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Fertility preservation; Physicians; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70549093856     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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