Oncology nurses' attitudes toward prognosis-related communication: A pilot mailed survey of oncology nursing society members

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 468-474

  Helft, Paul R ^a   Chamness, Amy ^b   Terry, Colin ^c   Uhrich, Margaret ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics   (United States)

^c METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PROGNOSIS; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959856707     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/11.ONF.468-474     Document Type: Article

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