Journal article
Incurable, invisible and inconclusive: watchful waiting for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and implications for doctor-patient communication.
- Abstract:
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Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) find it hard to accept a diagnosis of an incurable cancer for which no treatment is recommended and which may not cause symptoms for many years. We used qualitative interviews with 12 people with CLL managed by watchful waiting, drawn from a maximum variation sample of 39 adults with leukaemia, to explore accounts of watchful waiting and implications for clinical management. Patients with CLL recalled being given little information about the c...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- European journal of cancer care
- Volume:
- 21
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 67-77
- Publication date:
- 2012-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-2354
- ISSN:
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0961-5423
- Source identifiers:
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220728
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:220728
- UUID:
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uuid:e3410314-0457-4e95-9266-fc5b9f116662
- Local pid:
- pubs:220728
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2012
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