Breaking bad news in oncology: A metasynthesis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 2437-2443

  Bousquet, Guilhem ^a,b   Orri, Massimiliano ^c,d,e   Winterman, Sabine ^f   Brugière, Charlotte ^g,h   Verneui, Laurence ^g,h   Revah Levy, Anne ^c,d,i  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM U1178   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^f Institut de Radiothérapie des Hautes Energies AP HP Hôptial Avicenne ^*  (France)

^g CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER VICTOR DUPOUY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ONCOLOGIST; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ETHICS; HUMAN RELATION; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84940070716     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.59.6759     Document Type: Article

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