Predictors of newly diagnosed cancer patients' understanding of the goals of their care at initiation of chemotherapy

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 691-699

  Lennes, Inga T ^a,b   Temel, Jennifer S ^a,b   Hoedt, Christen ^c   Meilleur, Ashley ^b   Lamont, Elizabeth B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; elderly; limited English speakers; treatment understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; GOALS OF CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SOLID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872938863     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27787     Document Type: Article

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