Breaking bad news: Structured training for family medicine residents

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-68

  Ungar, Lea ^a,b   Alperin, Mordechai ^a,b   Amiel, Gilad E ^b   Beharier, Zvi ^a,b   Reis, Shmuel ^a,b  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bad news; Communication skills; Educational program

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 0036768346     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00088-5     Document Type: Article

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