Older cancer patients' information and communication needs: What they want is what they get?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 388-397

  van Weert, Julia C M ^a   Bolle, Sifra ^a   van Dulmen, Sandra ^b,c,d   Jansen, Jesse ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy treatment; Health communication; Information needs; Older patients; Patient provider interaction; Quality of communication; Video recordings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE INFORMATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REHABILITATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF CARE THROUGH THE PATIENTS EYES; TAILORED COMMUNICATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIDEORECORDING; VISITING NURSING SERVICE;

CANCER; CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION NEEDS; OLDER PATIENTS; PATIENT-PROVIDER INTERACTION; QUALITY OF COMMUNICATION; VIDEO RECORDINGS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84882266928     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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