An assessment of residents' competence in the delivery of bad news to patients

Academic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 397-399

  Eggly, Susan ^a   Afonso, Nelia ^a   Rojas, Graciela ^a   Baker, Marine ^a   Cardozo, Lavoisier ^a   Stewart Robertson, R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SKILL;

EID: 0031009878     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199705000-00023     Document Type: Article

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