"Tell me what you understand": The importance of checking for patient understanding

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 216-218

  West, Heather F ^a   Baile, Walter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; WORKSHOP;

EID: 78249268252     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suponc.2010.09.005     Document Type: Note

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