Medical oncologists' perception of palliative care programs and the impact of name change to supportive care on communication with patients during the referral process. A qualitative study

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 397-404

  Rhondali, Wadih ^a,b   Burt, Stephanie ^a   Wittenberg Lyles, Elaine ^c   Bruera, Eduardo ^a   Dalal, Shalini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Palliative care; Referral; Simultaneous care model; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NOMENCLATURE; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84885579309     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951512000685     Document Type: Article

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