TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical psychiatric rounds on a gynecologic oncology service
T2 - End-stage cervical carcinoma in a Jehovah's Witness refusing treatment
AU - Gise, Leslie Hartley
AU - Israel, Susan Gordon
AU - Dottino, Peter
PY - 1989/9
Y1 - 1989/9
N2 - A 47-year-old single, black, nurse's aide with end-stage cervical carcinoma is especially articulate about her feelings of depression, anger, and anxiety with advancing disease. Regardless of good coping, these feelings interfere with her medical care. The patient's decision to refuse chemotherapy based on her religious beliefs presents conflicts for both the patient and the staff. (Present are psychiatrist, psychiatric resident, gynecologist, gynecology resident, social worker, and nursing staff.).
AB - A 47-year-old single, black, nurse's aide with end-stage cervical carcinoma is especially articulate about her feelings of depression, anger, and anxiety with advancing disease. Regardless of good coping, these feelings interfere with her medical care. The patient's decision to refuse chemotherapy based on her religious beliefs presents conflicts for both the patient and the staff. (Present are psychiatrist, psychiatric resident, gynecologist, gynecology resident, social worker, and nursing staff.).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0024466920&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0163-8343(89)90127-8
DO - 10.1016/0163-8343(89)90127-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 2792749
AN - SCOPUS:0024466920
SN - 0163-8343
VL - 11
SP - 372
EP - 376
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
IS - 5
ER -