Investigating interactions: how do doctors and patients experience the disclosure of significant information in the advanced cancer setting and how do these experiences enhance practice?

This thesis focuses specifically on the transmission of bad news from doctors to patients and their families in the context of a hospital oncology department. It uses awareness context theory as a basis for exploring communication between patients and health care professionals, particularly when th...

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Main Author: Furber, Lynn
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11641/