Beyond Good Intentions and Patient Perceptions: Competing Definitions of Effective Communication in Head and Neck Cancer Care at the End of Life

Health Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-192

  Roscoe, Lori A ^a   Tullis, Jillian A ^b   Reich, Richard R ^c   McCaffrey, Judith Czaja ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84873633064     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2012.666957     Document Type: Article

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