Predictors and outcomes of feeling of insufficient consultation time in cancer care in Korea: Results of a nationwide multicenter survey

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1965-1973

  Shin, Dong Wook ^a   Park, Jae Hyun ^f   Shim, Eun Jung ^b   Hahm, Myung Il ^c   Park, Jong Hyock ^d   Park, Eun Cheol ^e  

^a Seoul National University Cancer Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Consultation; Need; Oncology; Satisfaction; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CARE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEELING OF INSUFFICIENT CONSULATION TIME; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOM; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865184103     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1299-1     Document Type: Review

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