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Psychological needs 2: Helping the person to share their problems

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Journal articles

Detmar SB. Aaronson NK. Wever LD. Muller M. Schornagel JH. How are you feeling? Who wants to know? Patients' and oncologists' preferences for discussing health-related quality-of-life issues. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2000; 18:3295-301.

Fallowfield L. Jenkins V. Effective communication skills are the key to good cancer care. European Journal of Cancer, 1999; 35(11):1592-7.

Hinton J. An assessment of open communication between people with terminal cancer, caring relatives, and others during home care. Journal of Palliative Care, 1998; 14(3):15-23.

Hjorleifsdottir E. Carter DE. Communicating with terminally ill cancer patients and their families. Nurse Education Today, 2000: 20(8):646-53.

Kruijver IP. Kerkstra A. Bensing JM. van de Wiel HB. Nurse-patient communication in cancer care. A review of the literature. Cancer Nursing, 2000; 23(1):20-31.

Maguire P. Improving communication with cancer patients. European Journal of Cancer, 1999: 35(14):2058-65.

Maguire P. Improving communication with cancer patients. European Journal of Cancer, 1999; 35(10):1415-22.

Ong LM. Visser MR. van Zuuren FJ. Rietbroek RC. Lammes FB. de Haes JC. Cancer patients' coping styles and doctor-patient communication. Psycho-Oncology, 1999; 8(2):155-66.

Rogers MS. Todd CJ. The 'right kind' of pain: talking about symptoms in outpatient oncology consultations. Palliative Medicine, 2000; 14:299-307.

Sapir R. Catane R. Kaufman B. Isacson R. Segal A. Wein S. Cherny NI. Cancer patient expectations of and communication with oncologists and oncology nurses: the experience of an integrated oncology and palliative care service. Supportive Care in Cancer, 2000: 8(6):458-63.

Sawyer H. Meeting the information needs of cancer patients. Professional Nurse, 2000; 15(4):244-7.

Stark DP. House A. Anxiety in cancer patients. British Journal of Cancer, 2000; 83(10):1261-7.

Books

Effective Interaction with Patients, 2nd ed ED Faulkner A. New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1998.

Introducing Palliative Care 3rd ed. Twycross R. Abingdon : Radcliffe Medical Press, 1999.

Talking to Cancer Patients and their relatives Faulkner, A. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.

A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care, 5th ed. Regnard C, Hockley J.  Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2004

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine 3rd ed. Doyle D, Hanks G, Cherny NI, Calman K eds. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.