All eyes on the patient: the influence of oncologists’ nonverbal communication on breast cancer patients’ trust

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 161-171

  Hillen, Marij A ^a   de Haes, Hanneke C J M ^a   van Tienhoven, Geertjan ^a   Bijker, Nina ^a   van Laarhoven, Hanneke W M ^a   Vermeulen, Daniëlle M ^a   Smets, Ellen M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Nonverbal; Oncology; Physician patient relations; Trust; Video vignettes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST CANCER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EYE CONTACT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ONCOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; TRUST;

EID: 84939254702     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-015-3486-0     Document Type: Article

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