Communication skills for discussing treatment options when chemotherapy has failed

Cancer Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-523

  Saraiya, Biren ^a   Arnold, Robert ^b   Tulsky, James A ^c  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chemotherapy failure; communication skills; Palliative care; treatment options

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 77958137609     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e3181f28800     Document Type: Review

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