Effect of a patient-centered communication intervention on oncologist-patient communication, quality of life, and health care utilization in advanced cancer the VOICE randomized clinical trial

JAMA Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 92-100

  Epstein, Ronald M ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^a,p   Fenton, Joshua J ^a   Fiscella, Kevin ^a,h,i   Hoerger, Michael ^b,r   Tancredi, Daniel J ^c,q   Xing, Guibo ^a,p   Gramling, Robert ^a,g   Mohile, Supriya ^a   Franks, Peter ^b,g   Kaesberg, Paul ^a,j   Plumb, Sandy ^a,k   Cipri, Camille S ^a   Street, Richard L ^b,l   Shields, Cleveland G ^a,m   Back, Anthony L ^k,s   Butow, Phyllis ^a,n   Walczak, Adam ^a,b,k   Tattersall, Martin ^b,o   Venuti, Alison ^d   Sullivan, Peter ^e   Robinson, Mark ^b   Hoh, Beth ^f,o   Lewis, Linda ^a,p   Kravitz, Richard L ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Purdue University   (United States)

^m Purdue University   (United States)

ⁿ PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^r ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^s STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGISTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85013083696     PISSN: 23742437     EISSN: 23742445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.4373     Document Type: Article

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