A longitudinal study of changes in provider-patient interaction in treatment of localized prostate cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 791-797

  Ernstmann, Nicole ^a   Ommen, Oliver ^a   Kowalski, Christoph ^a   Neumann, Melanie ^b,c   Visser, Adriaan ^d   Pfaff, Holger ^a   Weissbach, Lothar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Integrated Curriculum for Anthroposophic Medicine (ICURAM)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Empathy; Physician patient interaction; Prostate cancer; Psychosocial care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863478830     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1151-7     Document Type: Article

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