Teaching senior oncologists communication skills: Results from phase I of a comprehensive longitudinal program in the United Kingdom

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1961-1968

  Fallowfield, Lesley ^a   Lipkin, Mack ^a   Hall, Angela ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING;

EID: 0031805305     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.5.1961     Document Type: Article

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