Physicians ’ emotion regulation during communication with advanced cancer patients

ConclusionsThis study showed that physicians’ emotion regulation is related to both physician (stress and alexithymia) and patient characteristics (sadness and anxiety). The study also generated several hypotheses on how physicians’ emotion regulation relates to contextual variables during health care communication in cancer care.

Source: Psycho-Oncology - December 1, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: A.M.M. De Vries, M.M. Gholamrezaee, I.M. Verdonck – de Leeuw, Y. Roten, J.N. Despland, F. Stiefel, J. Passchier Tags: PAPER Source Type: research