Explicit prognostic information and reassurance about nonabandonment when entering palliative breast cancer care: Findings from a scripted video-vignette study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 3242-3249

  Van Vliet, Liesbeth M ^a   Van Der Wall, Elsken ^b   Plum, Nicole M ^b   Bensing, Jozien M ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; UNCERTAINTY; VIGNETTE; ADOLESCENT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW UP; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; SELF EFFICACY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890275343     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.45.5865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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