Breaking bad news: Patients' preferences and health locus of control

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-73

  Martins, Raquel Gomes ^a,b   Carvalho, Irene Palmares ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Oporto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Health locus of control; Patient's preferences; Videotaped scenarios

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCED EXPERT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMOTIONALLY BURDENED EXPERT; EMPATHIC PROFESSIONAL; EXTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL; HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL SCORE; HEALTH STATUS; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ONCOLOGY WARD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONALITY; POWERFUL OTHERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; VIDEOTAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878665555     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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