Communication in cancer care: Psycho-social, interactional, and cultural issues. A general overview and the example of India

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Chaturvedi, Santosh K ^a   Strohschein, Fay J ^b,c   Saraf, Gayatri ^a   Loiselle, Carmen G ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Culture; Psycho oncology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923352778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01332     Document Type: Review

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