More than words: Patients' views on apology and disclosure when things go wrong in cancer care

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-346

  Mazor, Kathleen M ^a   Greene, Sarah M ^b   Roblin, Douglas ^c   Lemay, Celeste A ^a   Firneno, Cassandra L ^a   Calvi, Josephine ^c   Prouty, Carolyn D ^d   Horner, Kathryn ^b   Gallagher, Thomas H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Apology disclosure; Cancer care; Patient centered communication

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84873436076     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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