Effects of doctors’ empathy abilities on the cellular immunity of patients with advanced prostate cancer treated by orchiectomy: The mediating role of patients’ stigma, self-efficacy, and anxiety

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 12, Issue , 2018, Pages 1305-1314

  Yang, Ningxi ^a,b   Xiao, Han ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Shiyue ^a   Yan, Hong ^a   Wang, Yifang ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cellular immunity; Doctor; Empathy; Prostate cancer; Self efficacy; Stigma

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STIGMA;

EID: 85058704356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S166460     Document Type: Article

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