Being present: oncologists' role in promoting advanced cancer patients' illness understanding

Abstract Realistic illness understanding is essential to an advanced cancer patient's ability to make informed medical decisions at the end of life. This study sought to determine whether advanced cancer patients better understood the late stage of their cancer if an oncologist, compared to oth...

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Main Authors: Simon M. Cohen, Renee C. Maciejewski, Manish A. Shah, Kelly M. Trevino, Megan J. Shen, Paul K. Maciejewski, Holly G. Prigerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-04-01
Series:Cancer Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1389