A strategy to improve communication between health care professionals and people living with cancer: II. Follow-up of a workshop on the teaching and assessment of communication skills in Canadian medical schools

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-165

  Cowan, Donald H ^a   Laidlaw, John C ^b   Lynn Russell, M ^b  

^a Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; WORKSHOP;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 0030924436     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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