Contribution of emotional distance and reserve in patient-physician communication in healthy study patients, and in patients with benign breast disease and breast cancer: a prospective case-control study in Finland.

摘要

The results of this study showed that patients with BC could be at risk for emotional distance and reserve in patient-physician communication and this should be taken into account in the relationship between the patient and their physician and may have clinical relevance in day-to-day clinical work.