Oncologists' Protocol and Coping Strategies in Dealing with Patient Loss

Death Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 937-952

  Granek, Leeat ^a   Mazzotta, Paolo ^b   Tozer, Richard ^c   Krzyzanowska, Monika K ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84880309395     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2012.692461     Document Type: Article

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