Patterns in clinicians' responses to patient emotion in cancer care

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-85

  Finset, Arnstein ^a   Heyn, Lena ^b   Ruland, Cornelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinician patient relationship; Communication; Emotions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASM; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER;

CANCER; CLINICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CODING; COMMUNICATION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAPE RECORDING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84883217094     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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