Patient-centered communication in cancer care [electronic resource] : promoting healing and reducing suffering / Ronald M. Epstein & Richard L. Street.
Imprint
[Bethsda, Md.] : National Cancer Institute, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, [2007 printing]
Authors Ronald Epstein and Richard Street, Jr, propose a conceptual framework and describe the state of the science in patient-centered communication, noting several gaps in the research and the need to improve and diversify study designs and methods.