Barriers against psychosocial communication: Oncologists' perceptions

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 3815-3822

  Fagerlind, Hanna ^a   Kettis, Åsa ^a   Glimelius, Bengt ^a,c   Ring, Lena ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MEDICAL PRODUCTS AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN PSYCHOSOCIAL BELIEFS SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANPOWER; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TIME; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891501521     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.45.1609     Document Type: Article

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