Receiving the news of a diagnosis of motor neuron disease: What does it take to make it better?

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 168-178

  Aoun, Samar M ^a   Breen, Lauren J ^a   Howting, Denise ^a   Edis, Robert ^b   Oliver, David ^c   Henderson, Robert ^d   Oconnor, Margaret ^e   Harris, Rodney ^f   Birks, Carol ^g  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Women's Hospital   (Australia)

^e SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^f MND Victoria   (Australia)

^g MND Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

breaking bad news; empathy; MND diagnosis; MND ALS; SPIKES protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TREATMENT DURATION; AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84948158639     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2015.1111907     Document Type: Article

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