Communication in Cancer Care in Asia: A Narrative Review

• Masanori Mori,
• Cheng-Pei Lin,
• Shao-Yi Cheng,
• Sang-Yeon Suh,
• Sayaka Takenouchi,
• Raymond Ng,
• Helen Chan,
• Sun-Hyun Kim,
• Ping-Jen Chen,
• Kwok Keung Yuen,
• Maiko Fujimori,
• Takashi Yamaguchi,
• Jun Hamano,
• Yoshiyuki Kizawa,
• Tatsuya Morita,
• Diah Martina

Affiliations

Masanori Mori

Division of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan

Cheng-Pei Lin

Institute of Community Health Care, College of Nursing, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shao-Yi Cheng

Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Sang-Yeon Suh

Department of Family Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea

Sayaka Takenouchi

Department of Nursing Ethics, Division of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Raymond Ng

Palliative and Supportive Care, Woodlands Health, Singapore, Singapore

Helen Chan

The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Sun-Hyun Kim

Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University, International St Mary's Hospital, Incheon, South Korea

Ping-Jen Chen

Department of Family Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Kwok Keung Yuen

Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Maiko Fujimori

Division of Supportive Care, Survivorship and Translational Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Yamaguchi

Department of Palliative Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Jun Hamano

Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Yoshiyuki Kizawa

Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Tatsuya Morita

Division of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan

Diah Martina

Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands