Do patient attributes predict oncologist empathic responses and patient perceptions of empathy?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1405-1411

  Pollak, Kathryn I ^a,b   Arnold, Robert ^c   Alexander, Stewart C ^b,d,e   Jeffreys, Amy S ^e   Olsen, Maren K ^d   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,b,d   Rodriguez, Keri L ^c,f   Tulsky, James A ^a,b,d,e  

^a DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Empathy; Negative emotion; Oncologist; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGIST; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAPE RECORDING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952199615     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0762-8     Document Type: Article

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