Voice analysis during bad news discussion in oncology: Reduced pitch, decreased speaking rate, and nonverbal communication of empathy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1073-1078

  McHenry, Monica ^a   Parker, Patricia A ^b   Baile, Walter F ^b   Lenzi, Renato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bad news; Cancer; Empathy; Voice analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH RATE; VOICE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIANS; PITCH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863463842     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1187-8     Document Type: Article

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