Differences in coping strategies among young adults and the elderly with cancer.
Raquel HernándezCaterina CalderónAlberto Carmona-BayonasAlejandra Rodríguez CapoteCarlos JaraAiram Padilla ÁlvarezMaría de Las Nieves Gómez-CamachoCarmen BeatoBeatriz CasteloMargarita MajemMaría Del Mar MuñozAlejandra IvarsMontserrat Mangas-IzquierdoJacobo Rogado-RevueltaPaula Jimenez-FonsecaPublished in: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society (2019)
Higher levels of education, greater demands of the labour market, and the advent of the age of information have entailed drastic changes in the physician-patient relationship paradigm. This is especially true in the younger cancer patient population, who require more information and active participation in decision-making, can display more anxiety about their diagnosis, but also greater capacity to fight.