The initial clinical interview—can it reduce cancer patients’ fear?

Se Groß,Anika Nitzsche,Tristan D. Gloede,Lena Ansmann,Richard L. Street,Holger Pfaff,Melanie Neumann,Markus Wirtz,Walter Baumann,Stephan Schmitz,Nicole Ernstmann

The initial clinical interview—can it reduce cancer patients’ fear?

2015

Se Groß
Anika Nitzsche
Tristan D. Gloede
Lena Ansmann
Richard L. Street
Holger Pfaff
Melanie Neumann
Markus Wirtz
Walter Baumann
Stephan Schmitz
Nicole Ernstmann

Purpose A common phenomenon among cancer patients is a fear of cancer recurrence or cancer progression (FOP). The aim of the present study was to analyze whether the oncologist is able to reduce patients’ FOP at the initial clinical interview.

Keywords:

Physical therapy
Cancer
Anxiety
Medicine
Psychiatry
Phenomenon
pain medicine
cancer recurrence
clinical interview
Nursing research
physician patient communication

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