Cancer and Communication Problems: A Personal Experience
- 1 June 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychiatry in Medicine
- Vol. 3 (2) , 163-171
- https://doi.org/10.2190/h2ax-erut-ytfj-acrv
Abstract
Cancer leads to crucial and significant interpersonal difficulties for the patient, his physician, family, and friends because of communication problems. From personal experience as a cancer patient the author, a mental health professional, outlines the problems which she feels are created by the special nature of cancer and suggests guidelines for the patient, his family, and the physician which could alleviate them.Keywords
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