Oncology nurses' narratives about ethical dilemmas and prognosis-related communication in advanced cancer patients

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-121

  McLennon, Susan M ^a,b   Uhrich, Margaret ^a   Lasiter, Sue ^b   Chamness, Amy R ^a   Helft, Paul R ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84874243345     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31825f4dc8     Document Type: Article

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