Teaching medical students to give bad news: Does formal instruction help?

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-17

  Vetto, John T ^a   Elder, Nancy C ^b   Toffler, William L ^b   Fields, Scott A ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL;

EID: 0032949972     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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