Patients' reports of barriers to expressing concerns during cancer consultations

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 317-322

  Brandes, Kim ^a   Linn, Annemiek J ^a   Smit, Edith G ^a   van Weert, Julia C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cancer patients; Communication; Expressing concerns; Healthcare providers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; SELF REPORT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84921593933     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.11.021     Document Type: Article

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