Measuring patient-centered communication in cancer care: A literature review and the development of a systematic approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1085-1095

  McCormack, Lauren A ^a   Treiman, Katherine ^a   Rupert, Douglas ^a   Williams Piehota, Pamela ^a   Nadler, Eric ^b   Arora, Neeraj K ^c   Lawrence, William ^d   Street, Richard L ^e  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Conceptual framework; Measurement; Patient centered communication; Review; USA

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANCER; COMMUNICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE; LITERATURE REVIEW;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNICATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SELF CARE;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953761631     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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