Cancer, Culture and Communication
- ISBN-10
- 0306480077
- ISBN-13
- 9780306480072
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 317
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-05-08
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Authors
- David Spiegel, Rhonda J. Moore
Description
This volume creates a multi-disciplinary dialogue about clinician-patient communication. It offers a description of the relevance of culture as a contextual effect that impacts the clinician-patient relationship. Some topics addressed include: oncology care, quality of life issues, supportive survivorship, etc. It is for physicians, nurses, hospice and palliative care professionals and public health professionals.
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