Medical residents' first clearly remembered experiences of giving bad news

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 825-840

  Orlander, Jay D ^a   Graeme Fincke, B ^d   Hermanns, David ^b   Johnson, Gregory A ^c  

^a VA Boston Heathcare System   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Graduate medical education; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PLANNING; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SKILL; TIME;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0036434951     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.10915.x     Document Type: Article

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