Increasing patient communication in the cancer care setting might aid treatment

"Throughout the cancer diagnosis and treatment period, patients interact with multiple healthcare providers. In order to facilitate these communications, researchers have developed interventions primarily for providers, and, more recently, for patients," scientists in the United States reported.

"The aim of this paper is to conduct a critical examination of a sample of the empirical literature regarding current knowledge about the types of interventions that have been designed to facilitate cancer patients' communication with their healthcare providers. Overall, the...

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