Health professionals' attitude towards information disclosure to cancer patients in China

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 356-363

  Tieying, Zeng ^a   Haishan, Huang ^a   Meizhen, Zhao ^a   Yan, Li ^a   Pengqian, Fang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cancer patient; health professionals; information disclosure; truth telling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79955856889     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011398096     Document Type: Article

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