Disclosing a diagnosis of cancer: Where and how does it occur?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3630-3635

  Figg, William D ^a   Smith, Erika K ^a   Price, Douglas K ^a   English, Bevin C ^a   Thurman, Paul W ^a   Steinberg, Seth M ^a   Emanuel, Ezekiel ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; TRUST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955862793     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.24.6389     Document Type: Article

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