Influence of physician communication on newly diagnosed breast patients' psychologic adjustment and decision-making
CancerPublished 1 January 1994Open access
Cleora S. Roberts, Charles E. Cox, Douglas S. Reintgen, Walter F. Baile, Michael Gibertini
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A research study addressed the hypothesis that patients whose surgeons used psychotherapeutic techniques during the cancer diagnostic interview would have better psychologic adjustment to their cancer.
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Provision of information needed for decision-making appears to be valued largely within the context of a caring physician-patient relationship. Specific surgeons' behaviors believed to facilitate patient adjustment include expressing empathy, allowing sufficient time for patients to absorb the cancer diagnosis, providing information, and engaging the patient in treatment decision-making.
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