Patient-healthcare provider communication: Perspectives of African American cancer patients

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 539-547

  Song, Lixin ^a   Hamilton, Jill B ^a   Moore, Angelo D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Cancer; Cultural sensitivity; Decision making; Patient health care provider communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872160162     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025334     Document Type: Article

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