The goals of communicating bad news in health care: Do physicians and patients agree?

Health Expectations

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 230-238

  Sweeny, Kate ^a   Shepperd, James A ^b   Han, Paul K J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Goals; Health communication; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

GOALS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTIONS;

EID: 84881619568     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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