Postoperative information needs and communication barriers of esophageal cancer patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-146

  Henselmans, Inge ^a   Jacobs, Marc ^a   van Berge Henegouwen, Mark I ^a   de Haes, Hanneke C J M ^a   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a   Smets, Ellen M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Esophageal cancer; Information needs; Patient participation; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 84861920530     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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