Physician Communication

Cancer patients' perception of the quality of communication in India surveyed

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 27th, 2005

Researchers surveyed cancer patients' perception of the quality of communication in a regional cancer center in India.

"Physician communication is one of the areas that cancer patients have expressed their lowest level of satisfaction. Very few studies have used patient-based outcomes in the developing world," scientists in the United States reported.

"We conducted a survey of 400 consecutive patients attending our outpatient clinic (Step I). Survey results were used to make changes in the physical layout of the setting to increase privacy and to educate staff regarding practical techniques on communication (Step II). A second group of 400 patients...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-09-27)

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