Investigating communication in cancer consultations: What can be learned from doctor and patient accounts of their experience?

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 653-662

  Furber, Lynn ^a   Cox, K ^b   Murphy, R ^c   Steward, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Dearing Jubilee Campus   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; Bad news; Cancer; Emotions; Oncology; Patient doctor communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BAD NEWS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT-DOCTOR COMMUNICATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AWARENESS; BAD NEWS; CANCER; EMOTIONS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT-DOCTOR COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84882274240     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12074     Document Type: Article

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