Being aware of the prognosis: How does it relate to palliative care patients' anxiety and communication difficulty with family members in the Hong Kong Chinese context?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 997-1003

  Chan, Wallace Chi Ho ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVER CANCER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; TERMINAL CARE; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 80052699834     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0099     Document Type: Review

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