title: Personality disorders in the oncology setting.
abstract: This paper reviews differential diagnosis of the difficult oncology patient, focusing on how the patient, the physician, the patient-physician relationship, and the cancer setting may all contribute to clinicians' experiences of difficulty. Because many difficult patients have personality disorders, we then review assessment and treatment of the personality disorders that tend to be most problematic in the cancer setting, suggesting a team-based approach for management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pscychiatry, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Psychosocial Oncology Program, Boston, MA 02115, USA. flmeyer@partners.org
authors.forename: Fremonta
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Block
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy