Stepped skills: A team approach towards communication about sexuality and intimacy in cancer and palliative care

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 610-619

  de Vocht, Hilde ^a   Hordern, Amanda ^b   Notter, Joy ^c   van de Wiel, Harry ^d  

^a SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Communication; Hermeneutics; Intimacy; Palliative care; Sexuality; Stepped skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTRACEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEER GROUP; PENIS ERECTION; PERCEPTION; SEXUALITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 82755186108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/amj.2011.1047     Document Type: Article

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